exploring cross-cultural encounters in the early modern world
IMAGE 22: In what ways was medicine entangled with the British military? Title Page, John Bell, An Inquiry into the Causes Which Produce, and the Means of Preventing Diseases among British Officers, Soldiers, and Others in the West Indies (London: Printed for J. Murray, 1791). Physical description: xv, 180 pages ; 22 cm (8vo). Biographical Note: “John Bell MD, formerly surgeon of the 94th and 5th regiment of foot (promoted in 1784 according to London Medical Journal, 1784, Volume 5).” Shelfmark: EPB RAMC /BEL. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.