Short history of the yellow fever, that broke out in the city of Philadelphia, in July, 1797 : with a list of the dead ; of the donations for the relief of the poor, and a variety of other interesting particulars.

  • Folwell, Richard, 1768?-1814.
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1798
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Short history of the yellow fever, that broke out in the city of Philadelphia, in July, 1797 : with a list of the dead ; of the donations for the relief of the poor, and a variety of other interesting particulars. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, no. 33, Carter's-Alley, 1798.

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37, 46-64 pages, 16 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

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Second edition.

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Attributed to Folwell by Evans
"Pages 1-24 are reprinted (with some changes in text) from the first edition of 1797; the remainder of the book is a reissue of the sheets of the first edition"--Austin
"Because of pending legal suits, the publication of certain documents (already printed) was suppressed. Signature F was cancelled and sig. E apparently reprinted, with a note on p. 37 explaining the omission of eight pages that were to follow"--Austin, 781
On verso of title leaf: Copy-right secured according to law
NLM copy: the first and final gatherings damaged and repaired, affecting text and direction-lines.
Film 633 reel 43 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 43, no. 782).

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Evans 33742
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 782
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 149
ESTC (RLIN) W3282

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. Microfilm copy (negative) made in 1958, of the original in the New York Academy of Medicine Library. Film 568 no.1
Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1999. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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