The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton.
- Barton, Edward H.
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Office of the Sanitary Commission,) Nov. I7th, 1854. f Nov. I7th, 1854. To E. H. Barton, M. D., Member of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans. Dear Sir -.—At a meeting of the Sanitary Commission, held Novem- ber l7th, 1854, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Members of this Commission desire to testify their hiffh appreciation of the important services rendered by their contrere, E H Barton, M. D., of thd labor and research evinced m the collection of the materials embodied in his Report; of the devotion paid to an im- portant branch of physical science, illustrative of climatic influences on zymotic diseases, thus furnishing important lacts for the elucidation ot the subjects submitted to the Commission ; and of the consistent energy and pei4everance with which he has aided to carry out the duties of the Commission from its inception to the close of its arduous task. Resolved, That this Commission, sensible of the truth conveyed in the preceding resolution, return their united thanks to E. H. Barton, M. ' D., for his co-operation in bringing to a successful close the deliberations in 'which we have for a period of more than twelve months been continu- ously engaged. [Signed.] 0. D. GROSSMAN, Mayor of the City of Neio Orleans, and President of the Sanitary Commission. A. F. AXSON, M. D. • J. C. SIMONDS, M. D. J. L. RIDDELL, M. D. S. D. McNEIL, M. D.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20402521_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
