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The effect of the nitrous vapour, in preventing and destroying contagion; : ascertained, from a variety of trials, made chiefly by surgeons of His Majesty's Navy, in prisons, hospitals, and on board of ships: : with an introduction respecting the nature of the contagion, which gives rise to the jail or hospital fever; and the various methods formerly employed to prevent or destroy this. / By James Carmichael Smyth, M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and physician extraordinary to His Majesty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smyth, James Carmichael, 1741-1821, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36328.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases.
- Disinfection and disinfectants.
- Fumigation.
- Nitrous acid.
- Typhus fever.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 18-174 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street., --1799.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Half-title: Of the nitrous fumigation.
- Dedicated to the Earl of Spencer.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 36328).
- Cited in:
- Evans 36328
- Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1781
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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