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Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever,Description
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. (Miner 117. Evans 34355. Austin 497) Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever, which prevailed in the city of Philadelphia, in 1793, 1797, and 1798... Philadelphia printed: for Thomas Dobson, 1798 40 p.; 21 cm. Miner: A review of the College's position regarding yellow fever since its first appearance in Philadelphia in 1793. Having maintained that yellow fever is both contagious and of foreign origin, the College recommended in 1797 that a board of health be established to improve sanitary conditions within the city and to carefully monitor shipping from the Mediterranean, Africa, West Indies, and southern ports of the United States. The pamphlet laments that such legislation has not been enacted (in spite, apparently, of the State's enactments of April, 1798), and reiterates its arguments for such measures.
Austin: Presents "a concise detail' of the College's proceedings during the epidemics and an explanation of their views on the foreign origin of the disease and on the proper preventive measures. Cf. p. 3j Early in 1798 the College had published minutes, correspondence, and other documents in its Proceedings relative to the prevention of the introduction and spreading of contagious diseases. "Appendix. Proofs and illustrations": Three of the letters included are dated Dec. 26, 1798. This and the date Dec.24, 1798, when the main work was ordered to be printed (ct. p. 27) suggest that the complete work may not actually have been issued until early in 1799,Other Names and Numbers
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Miner 117. Evans 34355. Austin 497
