A collection of facts interspersed with observations on the nature, causes, and cure of the yellow fever : in a series of letters, addressed to the inhabitants of the United States : part I / by Thomas Ruston, M.D.

  • Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804.
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A collection of facts interspersed with observations on the nature, causes, and cure of the yellow fever : in a series of letters, addressed to the inhabitants of the United States : part I / by Thomas Ruston, M.D. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Printed by Bartholomew Graves ..., 1804.

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5 unnumbered pages, 4-65 pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

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The 2d leaf, containing the dedication to Mrs. Eliza Powel, is apparently an insert
Probably no more published. Cf. The Medical repository, 2d hexade, v. 3 (1805-6), p. 304
At least some of Letters I-XI were previously published in Philadelphia in the Aurora and general advertiser. Cf. "To Thomas Ruston" (p. 27-30) and "To the editor of the Aurora" (p. 30-31)
"Poetical description of the horrors of the year 1798": p. 59-62
Comparative tables of the deaths in Philadelphia in 1793, 1797-99, and 1802: p. 63-65
Film 633 reel 85 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 85, no. 1697).

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1697
Shaw & Shoemaker 7219

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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