Observations on the laws governing the communication of contagious diseases : and the means of arresting their progress. Read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the 9th of June, 1814.

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
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1815
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Observations on the laws governing the communication of contagious diseases : and the means of arresting their progress. Read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the 9th of June, 1814. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New-York : Van Winkle and Wiley, 1815.

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84 pages : 26 cm

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The Observations "were originally drawn up in June 1812 in a letter addressed to Dr. [Colin] Chisholm, and were intended as an answer to his strictures on my proposed classification of contagious diseases: the substance of that communication to Dr. Chisholm has ... been preserved entire, though ... the epistolary form is laid aside." - p. [3]
"Additional notes on contagion, &c." (including previous letters between Hosack and Chisholm): p. [45]-84
Also published in the Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, v. 1 (1815) p. [201]-280
Film 633 reel 53 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 53, no. 972).

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 972

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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