An account of the malignant fever, which prevailed in the city of New-York, during the autumn of 1805 : Containing, 1. The proceedings of the Board of Health ... : 2. The rise, progress, and decline of the late epidemic : 3. An account of the Marine and Bellevue Hospitals ... : 4. Record of deaths, &c. &c. : 5. Opinion of several eminent physicians, respecting the cause of malignant fever ... : 6. The situation of the convicts in the state-prison ... : 7. Desultory observations andreflections. : 8. The various modes of cure ... / by James Hardie.
- Hardie, James, 1758-1826.
- Date:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the malignant fever, which prevailed in the city of New-York, during the autumn of 1805 : Containing, 1. The proceedings of the Board of Health ... : 2. The rise, progress, and decline of the late epidemic : 3. An account of the Marine and Bellevue Hospitals ... : 4. Record of deaths, &c. &c. : 5. Opinion of several eminent physicians, respecting the cause of malignant fever ... : 6. The situation of the convicts in the state-prison ... : 7. Desultory observations andreflections. : 8. The various modes of cure ... / by James Hardie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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