A collection of papers on the subject of bilious fevers, prevalent in the United States for a few years past / compiled by Noah Webster, jun. ; member of the Society for Promoting Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures in the state of New-York, and honorary member of the Historical Society in Boston.

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A collection of papers on the subject of bilious fevers, prevalent in the United States for a few years past / compiled by Noah Webster, jun. ; member of the Society for Promoting Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures in the state of New-York, and honorary member of the Historical Society in Boston. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New-York : Printed by Hopkins, Webb and Co. No. 40, Pine-Street, 1796.

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x, ix, 1 unnumbered page, 46, 51-52 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 54-246 pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

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Evans 31593
Skeel, E.E.F. Webster, 783
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 2025
Sabin 102346
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 483
ESTC (RLIN) W5297

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1961. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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Printed at the foot of the t.p.: [Published according to act of Congress.]
Includes 'An account of the epidemic yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of New-York in the year 1795. ... By Valentine Seaman' with separate title page on [A]1r; also issued separately in 1796 (cf. Evans 31169)
"Letters to William Buel, physician, on the fever which prevailed in New-York, in 1795, by E. H. Smith. To which is prefixed, An account of the febrile diseases of Sheffield (Massachusetts) in the years 1793, 1794 and 1795, by W. Buel"--pp.[49]-144, with a divisional title page
Signatures: pi⁴(p4+1) [A]⁴ B-2I⁴
Film 633 reel 101 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 101, no. 2025).

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Contains other briefer works, several written to the compiler upon his request: An account of the fever at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1795, by Doctors [James] Taylor and [Lewis] Hansford.-- Letter from Dr. [James] Ramsay on the same subject.-- An account of the fever at New-Haven, in 1794, by Dr. Eneas Munson and his son [Elijah].-- Dr. [S. L.] Mitchill, on contagion.-- Letter from Dr. [Stephen] Reynolds, on the fever in Montgomery County.-- Remarks on cleanliness and ventilation, by the compiler

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