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Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia,


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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. (Miner 116 Austin 498) Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, relative to the prevention of the introduction and spreading of contagious diseases. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1798. "Largely extracts from the minutes, correspondence (chiefly with Thomas Mifflin, governor of Pennsylvania) and other documents, from Aug. 25, 1793 to Dec. 26, 1797, which recommend preventive measures, quarantine regulations, etc., and set forth the opinion of the College that yellow fever was imported into Philadelphia from the West Indies" (Austin 498).

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