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| Article I |
| THE Captain of an Hospital Ship is to be particularly attentive to see that the Ship is kept extremely clean, especially that part which is appropriated to the sick; be is to give the strictest orders that the buckets used by the sick should be frequently emptied and washed, and that the dressings of wounds, or sores, should be thrown overboard as soon as they are taken off.
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The Captain is to be particularly attentive to see that the Ship is kept clean. |
| Article II |
| He is to attend to all requisitions and proposals of the physician or Surgeon and, as far as circumstances will admit, to do whatever he may recommend for the comfort and convenience of the sick. |
To attend to the requisitions and proposals of the Physician or Surgeon. |
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| Article III |
| 1f the Provisions supplied for the use of the sick should be expended, he is to direct the Purser to supply the Agent with such quantity as be may demand with the approbation of the Physician, or Surgeon; and if there be say difference in quality in any articles of provisions be is always to appropriate the best to the use of the pick.
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To direct the Purser to supply the Agent with Provisions for the use of the sick with the approbation of the Physician or Surgeon. |
| Article IV |
| He is to be particularly careful in preventing wine or spirituous liquors being carried on board, without his express permission, and,he is to give the most positive injunctions to the Ship's company never to give the sick any thing to eat or drink, except that which the Physician or Surgeon shall allow.
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To prevent wine or spirituous liquors being carried on board without his permission. |
| Article V |
| He is to be very attentive to the keeping of the station appointed him in the Fleet, particularly when he is directed to attend to a Ship, the crew of which is sickly and may frequently require the assistance of the Physician.
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To attend to the keeping of the station appointed him in the Fleet. |
| Article VI |
| In addition to the complement of an Hospital Ship, there shall be borne as attendants on the sick, on a list of Supernumeraries for Wages and Victuals, a Physician, a Surgeon, three assistant surgeons, six landmen as nurses, a baker, four washermen, a servant to the Physician, and a clerk and servant to the Surgeon.
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Who are to be borne as attendants on the sick in addition to the complement of a Hospital Ship. |
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| Article VII |
| The Captain of the Hospital Ship, or the Captain of any other Ship in which the Physician of the Fleet shall be embarked, is to furnish him with a proper boat, whenever he shall think it necessary to visit any Ship of the Fleet, or to carry his return, to the Commander in Chief.
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To furnish the Physician with a boat when it may be necessary to visit any Ship of the Fleet. |
