Poulson's Town and Country Almanac for the Year of Our Lord, 1796
YF-2023.046
[SHOEMAKER, Abraham]. Poulson's Town and Country Almanac for the Year of Our Lord, 1796. Phila.: Zachariah Poulson, [1795]. Drake 10413. Evans 29506. ESTC W32731.
Includes "Dr. Rush's Directions for the Treatment of the bilious, inflammatory, remitting and intermitting Yellow Fever" pp. [17-18] and "A list of births and deaths in the several religious societies in the city of Philadelphia, from August 1, 1794, to August 1, 1795."--p. [3].
From Catalog I
Pages [17-18] contain "Dr. Rush's Directions for the Treatment of the bilious, inflammatory, remitting and intermitting Yellow Fever" -- the most powerful physician in America speaking directly to the farmer reading by firelight, bypassing the College of Physicians and the whole apparatus of organized medicine. The almanac also includes a list of births and deaths in Philadelphia's religious societies from August 1794 to August 1795, the demographic record of the city returning to normal mortality.
Accession
YF-2023.046
Date
Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, [1795]
Author / maker
Shoemaker, Abraham; Rush, Benjamin (contributor)
Condition
24 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some chipping to foredge of leaf A1, not affecting text, stain on first few leaves, else very good.
Cite this object as“Poulson's Town and Country Almanac for the Year of Our Lord, 1796.” The Soiferman Collection, YF-2023.046, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. EIS LIBRIS, https://eislibris.com/objects/poulsons-town-and-country-almanac-for-the-year-of-our-lord-1796 (accessed [date]).
