Volume 1

An account of the rise, progress, and decline of the fever lately epidemical in Ireland : together with communications from physicians in the provinces, and various official documents / By F. Barker ... and by J. Cheyne.

  • Barker, Francis, 1773-1859.
Date:
1821
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the rise, progress, and decline of the fever lately epidemical in Ireland : together with communications from physicians in the provinces, and various official documents / By F. Barker ... and by J. Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    its guidance,” as communicated to the Board by Mr. Secretary Grant. The Editors have here col- lected a body of information relative to Contagious Fever, as well as to the means which were employed by the upper ranks, aided by a humane and enlight- ened Government, to alleviate the distress thence arising. The prevention of Contagious Fever must ever be a primary object of Medical Po- lice. To the Board of Health, therefore, these volumes may be offered as a digested work, which will tend to abridge its labours.-