Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : relative to the prevention of the introduction and spreading of contagious diseases

Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : relative to the prevention of the introduction and spreading of contagious diseases.

Author/creator	College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Other author/creator	Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823.
Other author/creator	Pennsylvania. Governor (1790-1799 : Mifflin)
Other author/creator	Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798.
Description	37 pages ; 20 cm
Subject(s)	Yellow Fever--history --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. Disease Outbreaks--history --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. Legislation as Topic--history --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. Quarantine--history --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. History of Medicine. History, 18th Century.

General note	Largely extracts from the minutes, correspondence (chiefly with Thomas Mifflin, governor of Pennsylvania) and other documents, from Aug. 25, 1793 to Dec. 26, 1797, which recommend preventive measures, quarantine regulations, etc., and set forth the opinion of the College that yellow fever was imported into Philadelphia from the West Indies.
General note	Includes two memorials of the College (pp. 9-11; 27-30) regarding health legislation, addressed to the Pennsylvania legislature, dated Jan. 26, 1795 and Dec. 5, 1797.
General note	Two states of gathering E noted. In the first, the last three words of line 9 on p. 33 are "not be equal"; in the second, "were not equal".
References	Evans 34356
References	Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 498
References	Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 94
References	ESTC (RLIN) W28966
LCCN	34020682

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	History Collection Books - Does not circulate	WZ 270 C697P 1798	✔ Available