Observations on the laws governing the communication of contagious diseases, and the means of arresting their progress. [Read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the 9th of June, 1814.] / [David Hosack].

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835
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New-York : Printed by Van Winkle and Wiley, 1815.

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84 pages ; (4to)

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The Observations "were originally drawn up in June 1812 in a letter addressed to Dr. [Colin] Chisholm, and were intended as an answer to his strictures on my proposed classification of contagious diseases: the substance of that communication to Dr. Chisholm has ... been preserved entire, though ... the epistolary form is laid aside" - p. [3]
"Additional notes on contagion, &c" (including previous letters between Hosack and Chisholm): p. [45]-84
Also published in the Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, v. 1 (1815) p. [201]-280

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