Memoirs of West Indian fever : constituting brief notices regarding the treatment, origin, and nature of the disease commonly called yellow fever / by John Wilson.

Date:
1827
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Credit: Memoirs of West Indian fever : constituting brief notices regarding the treatment, origin, and nature of the disease commonly called yellow fever / by John Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    TO JOHN WEIR, M.D. * / ' 1 AND WILLIAM BURNETT, M.D. Medical Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, I &c. &c. &c. GENTLEMEN, Placed at the head of that branch of the public service to which I be- long, and having seen and studied the sub- ject on which I write, you are at once the most legitimate and fit judges of the merits of these Memoirs. You are anxious to im- prove Naval Medicine, and thereby to in- crease the benefits of the healing art gene- rally : it is therefore a matter both of duty and pleasure to dedicate this tract to you. And I take this public opportunity of ex- pressing, with how much respect and esteem, I am yours, faithfully, JOHN WILSON.