A collection of facts interspersed with observations on the nature, causes, and cure of the yellow fever: in a series of letters, addressed to the inhabitants of the United States. Part 1 ... / [Thomas Ruston].

  • Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804.
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1804
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Philadelphia : Printed by Bartholomew Graves, 1804.

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1 unnumbered leaf, 65 pages ; (8vo)

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Austin 1697

Notes

The 2d leaf, containing the dedication, is apparently an insert
Probably no more published. Cf. The Medical repository, 2d hexade, v. 3 (1805-6), p. 304
At least some of Letters I-XI were previously published in Philadelphia in the Aurora and general advertiser. Cf. "To Thomas Ruston" (p. 27-30) and "To the editor of the Aurora" (p. 30-31)
"Poetical description of the horrors of the year 1798": p. 59-62
Comparative tables of the deaths in Philadelphia in 1793, 1797-99, and 1802: p. 63-65.
Copy 1 Note: Inscribed on title-page: Wm Coleman. Dedicated on 2nd leaf (an insert?) to Mrs Eliza Powel of Poweltown.

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