Observations on the changes of the air, and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbadoes : to which is added, A treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the yellow fever, and such other diseases as are indigenous or endemial in the West India islands, or in the torrid zone / by William Hillary, M.D. with notes by Benjamin Rush, M.D.

  • Hillary, William, -1763.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Observations on the changes of the air, and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbadoes : to which is added, A treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the yellow fever, and such other diseases as are indigenous or endemial in the West India islands, or in the torrid zone / by William Hillary, M.D. with notes by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    physician, that there is between example and precepts in forming a moral character. The latter appli/ to the under- standing only, while the former apply to the understanding and will, so that correct practice becomes, as it were, invo- luntary in both cases. The Notes of the Author are distinguished in a few instances by numbers, and in all of them by the usual marks of reference. The Notes of the Editor may be known by numbers only. With great respect, I am, Gentlemen, your sincere well wisher. BENJAMIN RUSH. August 16th, 1811.