On the influenza as it prevailed in Bristol and its vicinity during 1803 / by John Nott.

  • Nott, John, 1751-1825.
Date:
1803
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Credit: On the influenza as it prevailed in Bristol and its vicinity during 1803 / by John Nott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    INFLUENZA, &c. y Th E hiftory of epidemics is perhaps the moft curious, and interefling of all refearches in medi- : . . . cine and philofophy; no difeafes are involved i in more obfcurity ; none have received lcfs light from inveftigation ; and, could we fatisfa&orily trace their origin, none would give us greater infight into natural caufes. But fuch difcuffion does not belong to thefe pages: the mention is made merely to introduce the fubjeQ; of the prefent influenza, and to engage the attention of the reader. We •a