An essay on epidemics, as they appeared in Dutchess County, from 1809 to 1825. Also a paper on diseases of the jaw-bones; with an appendix, containing an account of the epidemic cholera as it apeared in Poughkeepsie in 1832 / By Hunting Sherrill.

  • Sherrill, Hunting, 1783-1866.
Date:
1832
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Credit: An essay on epidemics, as they appeared in Dutchess County, from 1809 to 1825. Also a paper on diseases of the jaw-bones; with an appendix, containing an account of the epidemic cholera as it apeared in Poughkeepsie in 1832 / By Hunting Sherrill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ly attempting to comply with the regulations of our County Medical Society, while filling an official station in it, a short historical account of its prominent diseases was drawn up for the occasion, compiled from notes and memoran- dums, collected at various times. The manu- scripts having answered the purpose for which they were written, were laid aside, with an expectation that they would remain in private obscurity. A number of friends have latterly solicited their publication: in compliance with which, and the resolution of the Medical So- ciety, they have been corrected, and fitted for that purpose. ‘The general and cursory manner in which the several subjects noticed must be touched