The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, From 1865 to His Death, Volume I (Of 2), 1866-1868 by David Livingstone

Author:David Livingstone [Livingstone, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Biography
ISBN: 9789387513808
Amazon: B00849JQ4A
Barnesnoble: B00849JQ4A
Goodreads: 18920510
Publisher: Alpha Editions
Published: 2018-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

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[We now come to a disaster which cannot be exaggerated in importance when we witness its after effects month by month on Dr. Livingstone. There can be little doubt that the severity of his subsequent illnesses mainly turned upon it, and it is hardly too much to believe that his constitution from this time was steadily sapped by the effects of fever-poison which he was powerless to counteract, owing to the want of quinine. In his allusion to Bishop Mackenzie's death, we have only a further confirmation of the one rule in all such cases which must be followed, or the traveller in Africa goes—not with his life in his hand, but in some luckless box, put in the charge of careless servants. Bishop Mackenzie had all his drugs destroyed by the upsetting of a canoe, in which was his case of medicines, and in a moment everything was soaked and spoilt.

It cannot be too strongly urged on explorers that they should divide their more important medicines in such a way that a total loss shall become well-nigh impossible. Three or four tin canisters containing some calomel, Dover's powder, colocynth, and, above all, a supply of quinine, can be distributed in different packages, and then, if a mishap occurs similar to that which Livingstone relates, the disaster is not beyond remedy.]

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