A collection of papers intended to promote an institution for the cure and prevention of infectious fevers in Newcastle and other populous towns ; together with the communications of the most eminent physicians relative to the safety and importance of annexing fever-wards to the Newcastle and other infirmaries / by John Clark.

  • Clark, John, 1744-1805.
Date:
1802
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A collection of papers intended to promote an institution for the cure and prevention of infectious fevers in Newcastle and other populous towns ; together with the communications of the most eminent physicians relative to the safety and importance of annexing fever-wards to the Newcastle and other infirmaries / by John Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ]<? thy accommodation of patients, and for rendering it more :!r : extensively useful to the public, you have listened with at- tention to my proposals, and adopted whatever appeared id to yourselves to be useful, and sanctioned by experience. It ir :has been fortunate for myself; it has been peculiarly fortu- c- nate for the institution, that so many of you, who have been t. adting members of the committees, are men af philosophi- cal minds, of deep research, ai\d endowed with great discre- tion, combined with firmness and perseverance. Possessed !r of such talents, you, I mention it with gratitude, have ani- r mated my exertions, supported me in difficulties, and often . relieved my anxieties concerning the fate of a favourite Insti- tution. To your protection I finally resign it, not doubting .. that the decision of the special court, will give existence it ind stability to a house of recovery, which is the first 'md grand step towards forming an institution for the .cure and prevention of infectious fevers—an insti- tution calculated to rescue the poor, and secure all other . anks of society from contagion. I am, GENTLEMEN, With the utmost respeCt and esteem, Your faithful humble servant, JOHN CLARK. Nezveast/e, June 16, 1802. i G
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