A comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad, According to the different Soils, Situations, Business of Life, Use of the Non-Naturals, &c. faithfully collected from, and attested by, above Three Hundred Vouchers, and many of them for a long Course of Years, in two different Periods. To which is added, a syllabus of the general states of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years; and also a meteorological discourse. By Thomas Short, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Short, Thomas, 1690?-1772.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics.

Population.

Vital statistics.

Meteorology--Great Britain.

Meteorology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,iv,213,[1]p.,table )

Other Title:

Comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and C. Etherington, opposite the North Door of All Saints Church, in the Pavement, York, 1767.

Notes:

With a list of subscribers.

Pp.161-213 contain twenty letters signed: 'Publicola', extracted from the Publick Ledger and General Evening-Post.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T139018.

OCLC:

642410803