VI. Account of books - I. An account of the nature, causes, symptoms, and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people; with observations on the diet of the seamen in his Majesty's Navy; illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sickness of the fleet, during last summer, historically related. By William Cockburn, of the College of Physicians,

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VI. Account of books - I. An account of the nature, causes, symptoms, and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people; with observations on the diet of the seamen in his Majesty's Navy; illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sickness of the fleet, during last summer, historically related. By William Cockburn, of the College of Physicians, London, and Physician to the Blew Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. London, 1696. in 8vo. P. 173. II. A continuation of the account of the nature, causes, symptoms, and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people. Illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sickenesses of the fleet, during last summer, historically related. To which is prefix'd, an essay concerning the quantity of blood that is to be evacuated in fevers; being the third part of the work. By William Cockburn, of the College of Physicians, London, Physician to the Blew Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and Fellow of the Royal Society. London, 1697. in 8vo. Pagg. 153. III. Recueil de diverses pieces touchant quelques nouvelles machines, &c. Par Mr. D. Papin, Dr. en Med. &c. A cassel, 1695. in 8vo. In this book there's given an Account from Seamens way of Living, their Victuals, and their Lodging; the Diseases that more particularly follow them, which the Author calls, The standing Diseases of the Sea.