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| Article I |
| THE Physician of the Fleet is to be on board the Hospital Ship if there be one in the Squadron ; if there be not, he is to be on board such Ship, as the Commander in Chief shall direct. He is, when on board an Hospital Ship, to visit the physical patients regularly morning end evening, and oftener when the nature and urgency of their complaints may render it necessary; he is also to make frequent enquiry into the propriety of the physical treatment of surgical patients on board that Ship, and to suggest such modes of practice as he may deem necessary.
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Physician to be on board the Hospital Ship, or such as the Commander in Chief shall direct. |
| Article II |
| The Surgeon and all other persona appointed to attend the sick, sent on board the hospital Ship for cure, shall be under the orders of the Physician, and the arrangement of every thing relating to the part of the Ship appropriated to the reception of the sick shall be under his direction. He is to propose to the Captain every thing which he may think likely to be of service to the sick, to increase their comforts or to accelerate their cure; and, as far as circumstances will admit, the Captain is to comply with his proposals.
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Surgeons and all others in the Hospital Ship to be under the orders of the Physician. |
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| Article III |
| If any Men shall be sent to the hospital Ship with such hurts or diseases as might be cured without danger or inconvenience in the Ships they belonged to, he is to refuse to receive them, and to desire the Officer who conducts them to take them back to their Ship.
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Men not to be received into the Hospital Ship when they can be cured conveniently in the Ship they belong to. |
| Article IV |
| He is to visit the Ships of the Squadron frequently and enquire into the health of the Ship's companies, and the treatment of the sick and, where be finds them sickly, he is to visit them as often as circumstances will admit, to discover if possible the cause of then sickness, and to advise each measures as may remove it.
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To visit the Ships of the Squadron frequently and enquire into the treatment of the sick. |
| Article V |
| He is, whenever be shall see occasion, to enquire into the practice of the Surgeon of any Ship he visits, and s manner of treating the diseases of the Men under his care, and to give him such directions as he may deem necessary. He is also to enquire into the conduct and abilities of the assistant surgeons, that he may be able to point out to the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen,or to the Commander in Chief, those who may be best qualified for any particular service, or for promotion.
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To enquire into the practice of the Surgeons, and give such directions as he may deem necessary.
And to enquire into the conduct and abilities of the assistant surgeons. |
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| Article VI |
| He is, whenever he shall think it necessary, to examine the instruments, medicines and necessaries on board any Ship, and if be finds them bad in quality, or deficient in quantity, he is to report it to the Commander in Chief, that he may take such measures as circumstances may require.
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To examine the instruments, medicines, and necessaries. |
| Article VII |
| He is, once every week at least, if weather and other circumstances will admit of it, to report to the Commander in Chief the state of the sick in the Hospital Ship and, as far as be shall have been able to obtain information, the general state of the sick in the Fleet. He is to specify particularly in his reports those Ships which, from the unhealthiness of their crews, appear to be least fit for active service and most in want of refreshments, and he is to point out to the Commander in Chief whatever he may think necessary for the recovery of the health of the crew of a Ship particularly sickly, or for the preservation of the health of the Fleet in general.
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To report to the Commander in Chief the state of the sick once a week.
To specify what Ships are least fit for active service and most in want of refreshments. |
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| Article VIII |
| He is also, as opportunities occur, to communicate with the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen on the health of the Fleet, and to state to them whatever circumstances relating to the Medical Department it may be proper they should be informed of, that they may take such measures as may be deemed necessary for the occasion. |
To communicate with the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded. |
