Practical observations on continued fever, especially that form at present existing as an epidemic : with some remarks on the most efficient plans for its suppression / By Robert Graham.

  • Graham, Robert, 1786-1845.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Practical observations on continued fever, especially that form at present existing as an epidemic : with some remarks on the most efficient plans for its suppression / By Robert Graham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE MANAGERS OF THE Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, # Gentlemen, Limited observation of a disease which is constantly varying in its appear¬ ance, can never lead to general conclusions. Therefore, when the public have placed an individual in a situation where he can in¬ vestigate such disease on a great scale, I question whether he does his duty to that public, if he withhold the observations they have enabled him to make, particularly if the subject is of general interest. I have taken the liberty of prefixing your name to these remarks on the prevailing Epidemic, because while I bear testimony to the ef¬ forts you have made to suppress it, I am desirous of acknowledging the personal ob-