Notice concerning the fever that occurred in the Magdalene Asylum of Edinburgh, in the spring of 1821, as illustrating the influence of panic in propagating contagious diseases / by Robert Hamilton.

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Notice concerning the fever that occurred in the Magdalene Asylum of Edinburgh, in the spring of 1821, as illustrating the influence of panic in propagating contagious diseases / by Robert Hamilton.