Note 35 — INTRODUCTION.
Reading edition
The authors from whom I have borrowed have been chiefly Dr. Lind and Capt. Cook. To the former we are indebted for the most accurate observations on the health of seamen in hot climates; of the improvements made by the latter, an excellent compendium may be seen in Sir John Pringle’s Discourse before the Royal Society, on the occasion of adjudging a prize medal to Capt. Cook for his paper upon this subject.