Observations medical and political, on the small-pox, and the advantages and disadvantages of general inoculation, especially in cities: and on the mortality of mankind at every age in city and country; With a Comparative View and regular Tables of all the fatal Diseases and Casualties in London, during the last One Hundred and Five Years, by which about Two Millions and a Half of the Human Species have been exterminated: Including an Attempt to demonstrate, in what Manner London may save Two Thousand, Great-Britain and Ireland between Taventy and Thirty Thousand, and Europe about Three Hundred and Ninety Thousand Lives Annually. To which is added a Postscript, Containing the Sketch of an easy Plan for new modelling and essentially improving the London Bills of Births and Mortality. By W. Black, M. D.
- Black, William, 1749-1829.
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- M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Johnson, No 72, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
Physical description
[4],284;7,[1]p. ; 80.
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Edition
The second edition greatly enlarged: with several alterations and corrections.
References note
ESTC T41725
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.