Excerpt from The Army Medical Officer's Manual Upon Active Service: Or, Precepts for His Guidance in the Various Situations in Which He May Be Placed; With Observations on the Preservation of the Health of Armies Upon Foreign Service IT but too often happens, that, during the tranquil days of peace, we allow the recollection of past difficulties and sufferings to escape from our me mory, leaving no record of those weary times to guide those, who may be doomed to pursue the same arduous career. I To record these difficulties, and to suggest some means of overcoming them, is the task I have imposed upon-myself: it has occu: pied me for many years, and although I most sin cerely trust, that a long continuance of the bles sings of Peace will render my observations of little or no use to my Cotemporaries, yet, at some future period, I indulge the hope, that it may. Prove of service to the Medical Officers, who may take the) field. Deprived Of the example and advice of the experienced Army Surgeons Of the present day, Who then perhaps shall be no more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.