An anniversary oration on the subject of quarantines : delivered to the Philadelphia Medical Society, on the 21st of January, 1807 / by Charles Caldwell.

  • Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853.
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1807
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Philadelphia : Fry and Kammerer, printers ..., 1807.

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30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm (8vo)

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References note

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints 384

Notes

Collation includes final blank leaf
"Printed by order of the Society"--t.p
Argues for the abolition of quarantine, and its replacement by "purification", i.e. washing and ventilation, of vessels entering American ports
On the author, see Middleton : "Charles Caldwell, a biographic sketch"--Annals of medical history, 3 (1921), p. 156-178
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Antiquarian scientist: R.V. Giordano Note: Disbound. (Author's?) presentation inscription to Mr Steph. Hooker, head of t.p

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