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Essay on the experiences and opinions of John Howard : on the preservation and improvement of the health of the inmates of schools, prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and other public institutions, as far as health is affected by structural arrangements relating to supplies of air and water, drainage, etc / by R.D.R. Sweeting.

3 unnumbered leaves, 2-3, 41 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; (8vo)

Anecdotes of the life and character of John Howard, Esq. F.R.S / Written by a gentleman, whose acquaintance with that celebrated philanthropist gave him the most favorable opportunity of learning particulars not generally known.

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The triumph of benevolence; a poem. Occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq. A new edition, corrected and enlarged; to which are added, stanzas on the death of Jonas Hanway, Esq.

The life of the late Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter.

Bulletin of the institute of the history of medicine.

John Howard and the public health movement / Leona Baumgartner.

John Howard visiting a prison: prisoners laying on the floor, some chained to the wall. Etching by E. Webb, 1847, after E. Armitage.

The life of John Howard, Esquire, LL.D. and F.R.S.

The triumph of benevolence; occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq.

A letter to John Howard, Esq; F.R.S. By Martin Wall, M.D. one of the physicians to the Radcliffe-Infirmary at Oxford.

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132 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm.

John Howard : the prisoner's friend / by L. Orman Cooper.

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Anecdotes of the life and character of John Howard, Esq. F.R.S / Written by a gentleman, whose acquaintance with that celebrated philanthropist gave him the most favorable opportunity of learning particulars not generally known.

The triumph of benevolence; a poem. Occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq. A new edition, corrected and enlarged; to which are added, stanzas on the death of Jonas Hanway, Esq.

The life of the late Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter.

John Howard and the public health movement / Leona Baumgartner.

John Howard visiting a prison: prisoners laying on the floor, some chained to the wall. Etching by E. Webb, 1847, after E. Armitage.

The life of John Howard, Esquire, LL.D. and F.R.S.

The triumph of benevolence; occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq.

A letter to John Howard, Esq; F.R.S. By Martin Wall, M.D. one of the physicians to the Radcliffe-Infirmary at Oxford.

John Howard : the prisoner's friend / by L. Orman Cooper.

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Anecdotes of the life and character of John Howard, Esq. F.R.S / Written by a gentleman, whose acquaintance with that celebrated philanthropist gave him the most favorable opportunity of learning particulars not generally known.

The triumph of benevolence; a poem. Occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq. A new edition, corrected and enlarged; to which are added, stanzas on the death of Jonas Hanway, Esq.

The life of the late Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter.

John Howard and the public health movement / Leona Baumgartner.

John Howard visiting a prison: prisoners laying on the floor, some chained to the wall. Etching by E. Webb, 1847, after E. Armitage.

The life of John Howard, Esquire, LL.D. and F.R.S.

The triumph of benevolence; occasioned by the national design of erecting a monument to John Howard, Esq.

A letter to John Howard, Esq; F.R.S. By Martin Wall, M.D. one of the physicians to the Radcliffe-Infirmary at Oxford.

John Howard : the prisoner's friend / by L. Orman Cooper.

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