A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Benjamin W. Dudley, of Lexington, Kentucky.

  • Dudley, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Winslow), 1785-1870.
Date:
1806
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Credit: A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Benjamin W. Dudley, of Lexington, Kentucky. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL TOPOGRAPHY, &c. THE Ohio River, which serves as the great outlet to the productions of the western country, forms the boundary of the state of Kentucky to the north and west, the Virginia line bounds it on the east, and the state of Tennessee on the south. The soil of Kentucky, and particularly of Lexington and its vici- nity, is so well described by geographical authors on this subject, that it appears almost superfluous to enter into a minute detail. It may, however, be observed, that the state throughout is remarkable for the universality of limestone. Different districts put on very different appearances in respect to soil: some parts are of a sandy nature, some of a poor and light description, while other parts are of a dark, rich, and most luxuriant kind. It will be sufficient to observe, that, very generally, the soil is so favourable to the growth of all those vegetables which exist under the influence of the climate, and which do not require peculiar local circumstances for their growth and perfection, that one of the greatest evils accruing to the agriculturist is the growth of foreign vegetables in his tillage fields. The great variety of vegetable productions of this part of Ame- rica acquire a degree of perfection and magnitude, which are un-