The accidents of human life; with hints for their prevention, and the removal of their consequences. From a London copy, revised, amended, and enriched with a variety of interesting matter / [Newton Bosworth].

  • Bosworth, Newton, -1848
Date:
1814
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Publication/Creation

New York : Samuel Wood, 1814.

Physical description

ix, 2 unnumbered pages, 247 pages, 7 plates : frontispiece, woodcuts, illustrations ; (12mo)

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Notes

"A course of addresses to young persons," delivered "in substance" to pupils at Merton-Hall Academy, Cambridge, England, in 1812. Cf. Pref
Includes "Rules for the treatment of drowned persons, recommended by the Royal Humane Society" (p. 123-132) and "Directions from the Humane Society ... of New-York" (p. 132-161)
"Experiments on swimming ... made by Dr. Mitchill": p. 89-102. His observations on catching colds: p. 233-239
Published in London in 1813. The additions to the American edition are listed in a publisher's note, p. vii

References note

Austin 259

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