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AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPAGATION OF CONTAGIOUS POISONS, BY THE ATMOSPHERE; AS ALSO INTO THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF VITIATED AIR, ITS FORMS AND SOURCES, AND OTHER CAUSES OF PESTILENCE; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR AVOIDING THE ACTION OF CONTAGION, AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEANS FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH
BY
S. SCOTT ALISON, M. D.
TRANENT.
“I have long thought that there is no subject on which a Physician could employ his time and ability more advantageously for the benefit of his fellow-creatures, than in the investigation of febrile Contagion, in order to ascertain the laws by which it is communicated, and by what means it may be prevented.” Haygarth
EDINBURGH:
MACLACHLAN, STEWART & CO.;
LONDON, WHITTAKER & CO.
1839.
PRINTED BY NEILL AND CO., OLD FISHMARKET, EDINBURGH.
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