Letters on the kine pox : and a variety of other medical subjects / written by Dr. B. L. Oliver ... and Dr. William Currie.

  • Oliver, B. L., 1760-1835.
Date:
1802
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    fome in England. A little time will re? move the obfcurity.—And we know fuffi- cient already, to induce us, firft to try a difeafe which is never fatal, in preference to rifking one which is fometimes Co, and almoft always troublefome and diftreffing. I am much obliged to you for your ob- fervations on the dyfentery. This difeafe was epidemic here this autumn ; but its fatality was moftly confined to children. I have not time now, to write fo fully as I could with—I will make further inquiry, and write the refult. My friend, Mr. TytJer, author of a trea- tife on the plague, has written a review of Brown's EiTay on the Yellow Fever, which gained the prize offered by the Humane Society of Bolton. In this very ingenious review, is the beft refutation of the doc- trine of Profeflbr Mitchill, that I have any where feen. The author alfo treats of con- tagion, and refutes the objections which have been made to the doclrines contained jn his treatife. The book is about 100 pages, 8vo. If you wifli it, I will endeavor to tranfmit the M. S. lor your perufal. I {hall be happy to hear from you Toon by poll, and am, Sir, with great refpecl and eileem, Your Obedient Servant, B. LYNDE OLIVER. P. S. If you can favor me with any new facls concerning the yellow fever, I fhall be much obliged to you. What is the ge-