The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the character, causes, symptoms, prognostics, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating the diseases of all climates / by Robert Thomas.

  • Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.
Date:
1824
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    ViU im: to notice, in the present edition, under the head of Yellow Fever, some of the valuable observations and regulations re- commended therein, for the suppression and extinction of the contagion of this disease. Here I can only say, that the body of evidence brought forward and detailed in this dis- course ought, in my opinion, for ever to set at rest the ques- tion which relates to the origin of this fatal malady : it clear- ly proves that the Yellow Fever arose from imported conta- gion, and had not a domestic origin, or was the product of decomposed animal and vegetable matter. It is incumbent on me also to return my best thanks to Dr. Goven, late of the Lunatic Asylum of Charenton in France, for the honour done me by his translation of this work into the French language, the knowledge of which I obtained through the medium of letters from the Continent during a tour through France in 1818, published in the Gentleman's Magazine for July, 1820. ROBERT THOMAS. Salisbury', August 20, 1821.