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A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Yellow Fever, and of the Proceedings of the Board of Health, in Philadelphia, in the Year 1799Description
A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Yellow Fever, and of the Proceedings of the Board of Health, in Philadelphia, in the Year 1799: To Which Is Added, a Collection of Facts and Observations Respecting the Origin of the Yellow Fever in this Country; and a Review of the Different Modes of Treating It. Phila.: Budd and Bartram, 1800.
Evans 37274. Austin 605.
Rare in the trade, no copy has been offered at auction since 1969. Includes "Additional Facts and observations Respecting the Origin of the Yellow Fever in New York Last Year, with an Account of the Most Successful Method of Treating It. Communicated by Dr. D. Hosak, Professor of Botany and Materia Medica, &c." on pp. 89-112 and a "Post-script by the Editor." Currie notes in his Preface, "The intelligent reader will perceive, that the present performance contains some sentiments in some respects different from those I formerly entertained, and particularly with respect to the identity of the yellow fever with that of the typhus gravior or common malignant fever of camps and hospitals.Other Names and Numbers
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Austin 605. Evans 37274.Condition
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1st ed. 112pp. Orig. self-wrappers. Very old waterstain to lower free corner of later half, not affecting text, else very good.