An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm.

  • Chisholm, Colin, 1755-1825.
Date:
1795
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Credit: An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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