The wreck of the Preussen : a critical examination of the statistics of smallpox on the voyage of the S.S. Preussen, 1886-7 / by Alfred Milnes.

  • Milnes, Alfred, 1849-1921.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The wreck of the Preussen : a critical examination of the statistics of smallpox on the voyage of the S.S. Preussen, 1886-7 / by Alfred Milnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Our readers will recollect how the story of the voyage of the steamer Preussen was dinned into our ears during the twelve months of 1887 Tf went the round of the press, Mr. Ritchie used it Soard w°U8e °f the Local Government Board were sent delirious with it, the whole vac- cme party shouted it, quoted it, copied it out for the local paper, and voted nem. con. that we were SwTv V ft Tfc°rae Ti°rne i‘ »5 earned away. Yet, by some strange oversight the Preussen did not come steaming Lto the TC —OD'r00m, T the first aPPearanCe of Mr Hnw ^ r We ^Uite exPected she would boa, Js zirtTcSr *• r ■ d«dsro^K;rkTT„ ^So •irir* o “P ‘l0Dg8‘dB after fashion:- measures to the diminution of ,u” ll,'or' “.““S’ Kjrijtasr a^rys? a Board in iQQft + 7 * . -^ocal (xoverninenf to the steamship0preusseTT •^Wes as on board of which smallpox’bJoke out°r v’18^’ f°°d’ <lnd tn °“ re*Pect°PracSl^lte^thZl B 2