An inaugural essay on the bilious typhus which prevailed in Bancker-Street and its vicinity, in the city of New York, in the summer and autumn of 1820 / [Richard Pennell].

  • Pennell, Richard, -1861.
Date:
1821
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An inaugural essay on the bilious typhus which prevailed in Bancker-Street and its vicinity, in the city of New York, in the summer and autumn of 1820 / [Richard Pennell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PETER S. TOWNSEND, M. D. HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL JENNERIAN SOCIETY, LONDON? AND OF THE LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION; Fellow of the American Geological Society at New-Haven, and of the Literary and Philo¬ sophical Society of New-York; late Health Commissioner of this Port, &c. Sir, I know of no person to whom I can, with more propriety, de¬ dicate these pages, than to yourself. Exclusive of the regard in which I hold your talents, and of the particular attentions which you have shown towards me, there is a peculiar reason why this Disser¬ tation should be inscribed with your name. For it was by the exertions of yourself, and of your colleagues, as Commissioners of Health, that the character of the Bancker-street Fever was first placed before the public in its true light, divested of the errors and deceptions with which it was attempted to be obscur¬ ed, and disarmed of those appalling features by which it was endea¬ voured to excite a panic among the people. When I recall to mind your services, in protecting the reputa¬ tion of this metropolis from the assaults by which it was threatened within ; and when I remember, at the same time, the acknow¬ ledged zeal which, as Members of the Board of Health, you all ex¬ hibited in guarding us from foreign infection without, though it seemed to thicken around us in every quarter; I cannot but depre¬ cate and lament that vindictive spirit of politics, which, regardless alike of talent and of the public good, has removed you from the situation which you filled with so much credit and ability. I am, With sentiments of respect and esteem, Your Friend,