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for guarding against infectious Disorders, 400 Of a Military Inspector and Officers on convalescent Duty, 403 ERRATA CORRIGENDA. Page 13, line 11, for _Pleuretic_, read _Pleuritic_. 18, 10, of Notes, for _Acadamy_, read _Academy_. 28, 22, for _Cinamon_, read _Cinnamon_. 35, 5, of Notes, for _Calomile_, read _Calomel_. 51, 12, dele _used in this Way_. 166, 12, of Notes, for _which almost depend_, read _which almost always depend_. 207, 13, of Notes, for _Vena postarum_, read _Vena portarum_. 259, 4, for _appeared_, read _appear_. 261, 1, of Notes, for _became_, read _become_. 280, 20, for _Chamamel_, read _Chamaemel_. 290, 4, for _3tis 4tiis_, read _3tiis 4tis_. 293, 13, for _Mithridatum_, read _Mithridatium_. 336, 12 & 13, for _bathe themselves as often_, read _bathe early in the Morning as often_. 352, 7, for _in Bilanders_, read _and were to go in Bilanders_. 353, 2, for _the least Appearance of the Malignant Fever_, read _the Malignant Fever appearing_. OF THE MALIGNANT and PETECHIAL FEVER. A Malignant Fever, and Fluxes, began to appear among the Soldiers in Autumn, 1760, while the Allied Army remained encamped about _Warbourg_, from the Beginning of _August_ till the 13th of _December_, when they went into Cantonments. During that Time, there had been a continued Rain for some Months, and the Camp and neighbouring Fields, and Villages, were not only filled with the Excrements of such a numerous Army, but likewise with infinite Numbers of dead Horses, and other dead Animals, which had died in doing the necessary military Duties, and in bringing Forage, Provisions, and other Necessaries, to the Camp: besides this, the Field where there had been an Action on the 31st of _July_, and where many of the Dead were scarce covered with Earth, was in the Neighbourhood of the Camp. Not only the Soldiers, but the Inhabitants of the Country, who were reduced to the greatest Misery and Want, were infected with the Malignant Fever, and whole Villages almost laid waste by it. Such a Number of Soldiers was sent to _Paderborn_ as crowded the Hospitals there, and increased the Malignancy of the Distempers so that a great many died. When I arrived at _Paderborn_,
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