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.
| Author/creator | Smyth, James Carmichael |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, --1799. |
| Description | xiv, 3 unnumbered pages, 18-174, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pagefolded leaf ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| Other author/creator | Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | Bartram, Archibald, 1774?-1808 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Budd, Henry, -1816 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823 bookseller. |
| General note | Half-title: Of the nitrous fumigation. |
| General note | Dedicated to the Earl of Spencer. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| References | Evans, 36328 |
| References | Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1781 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W31813. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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