I. A clinical history of the acute rheumatism, or rheumatick fever. With a correspondence; containing the testimony of eight eminent physicians in the metropolis, to explain the beneficial effects of the Peruvian bark, cinchona, in the acute rheumatism : II. A clinical history of the nodosity of the joints ... / by John Haygarth.

  • Haygarth, John, 1740-1827.
Date:
1813
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Credit: I. A clinical history of the acute rheumatism, or rheumatick fever. With a correspondence; containing the testimony of eight eminent physicians in the metropolis, to explain the beneficial effects of the Peruvian bark, cinchona, in the acute rheumatism : II. A clinical history of the nodosity of the joints ... / by John Haygarth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE To the First Edition of 1805. IN former publications, the Authorhas attempted to discover some of the most important properties of the poisons , wliich produce variolous, typhous, scar- let, and other infedlious Fevers; In order to determine, on scientifick principles, by fadls, and by conclusions deduced from them, according to what laws they are propagated j and by what means the mi- sery and destruction occasioned by these mortal enemies of mankind might be effectually prevented.* * As persons unaccustomed to scientifick inquiries generally and very unjustly condemn them, from an opinion that they are useless speculations, it may be proper to state that entirely on this foundation there was established the Small-Pox Society of Chester in 1778, for six years} the Fever Wards of the Chester infirmary in 1763, for IQ years } the House of Recovery B