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BURNETT, William Sir (1779 – 1861)

BURNETT, William Sir (1779 – 1861)

1779 – 1861

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1816 CE

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A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's fleet on that station: With cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1813, and of the Gibraltar and Carthagena fevers.

BURNETT, William Sir (1779 – 1861)
BURNETT, William Sir (1779 – 1861)

"Burnett in 1816 described an epidemic of a short term fever occurring among the Naval Forces engaged in the Siege of Malta in 1799, and this fever was almost certainly phlebotomus" (Coulter, The Royal Naval Medical S…