An essay on the nature and origin of the contagion of fevers ... / [John Alderson].
- Alderson, John, 1757-1829
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on the nature and origin of the contagion of fevers ... / [John Alderson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I ! 3 ] have acquired any Authority amongft us—- Mankind have not contented themfelves with the bare Connderation of Effects, fingly coniidered ; but have endeavoured to trace them by the aid of Experiments to their true and proper Caufe. Employment of this Kind, though deflruclive of many a fair Theory, is the Province of the Phy- fician, fmce in various Cafes, which call for his Aid, the moft fagacious Skill will be baffled, fo long as the Fans et Origo Mali is undifcovered. This has been particu¬ larly the Fate of the Subject of this Effay: the Caufe has not been fufficiently invefti- gated ; and, of Confequence, the Operation of the Means employed for its Prevention, has not been accounted for. As much as poffible to obviate this Inconvenience in the enfuing Theory, I propofe to con- dud: my Enquiries into the Nature and Caufe of that Species of Contagion which gives Rife to the Jail or Hofpital Fever, by i First, {hewing from indifputable Au¬ thority, that this Difeafe may be produced in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30351546_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
