Historical Records of New South Wales; Cook, 1762-1780 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...p. 840. and other putrid diseases; and whereas we think fit experiments 1768 should be made of the good effects of it in your present intended voyage, and have with that view directed the Commissioners of the Victualling to put a quantity on board the bark you command: You are hereby required and directed to cause the same to be stowed in the bread-room or some very dry part of the ship, and take care that the following rules with respect to the preparation its prepara-of the said wort, the administration of it to the sick, &c., be in tlon' general observed, viz.: --1 st. The malt must be ground under the direction of the sur-geon, and made into wort (fresh every day, especially in hot weather) in the following manner, viz.: Take one quart of ground malt and pour on it three quarts of boiling water, stir them well, and let the mixture stand close covered up for three or four hours, after which strain off the liquor. 2nd. The wort so prepared is then to be boiled into a panada with sea-biscuit, or dried fruits usually carried to sea. 3rd. The patient must make at least two meals a day on the said panada, and should drink a quart or more of the fresh infusion, as it may agree with him, every twenty-four hours. 4th. The surgeon is to keep an exact journal of the effects of A journal to the wort in scorbutic and other putrid diseases notto kept attended with pestilential symptoms, carefully and par-ticularly noting down, previous to its administration, the cases in which it is given, describing the several symptoms, and relating the progress and effects from time to time, which journal is to be transmitted to us at the end of the voyage. Given under our hands, the 30th July, 1768. Ed. Hawke. Percy Brett. C. Spencer. Secretary Stephens To Lieutenant Cook. Sir...