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Observations on the air and epidemic diseases from the year 1728 to 1737 inclusive / made by Doctor Huxham, at Plymouth: together with a short dissertation on the Devonshire colic. Translated from the Latin original. And now published with the doctor's approbation.

  • Huxham, John, 1692-1768. Observationes de aëre et morbis epidemicis. English
Date:
1759-1767
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Credit: Observations on the air and epidemic diseases from the year 1728 to 1737 inclusive / made by Doctor Huxham, at Plymouth: together with a short dissertation on the Devonshire colic. Translated from the Latin original. And now published with the doctor's approbation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O F T H E CONSTITUTION OF THE Air, and Epidemic Diseases, In the YEAR 1728. JANUARY. M3oBS( Very rainy, moift (A) Seafon ulhered ^ A ^ in this Year, for in this Month fell )8(5HP8( n0 lefs ^an 6 Inches, 108 Dec. of Rain, an immenfe Quantity ! There was alfo fome Snow, very little Froft, but Storm enough. The Mercury in the Barofcope funk very greatly, from the i ft Day to the 21ft it was often below 29.0. The Wind was for the moft Part foutherly, or from the Weft, and that often ftormy : Near the End of the Month however a fouth-eaft Wind, and fometimes a north-eaft, role the Barometer, and fcattered the Clouds, now and then Froft and Snow in¬ tervening
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