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MEAD, RICHARD. A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods used to be used to prevent it . . . Eighth Edition, with large Additions. [8], xxxvi, 150 pages. Large 8vo, contemporary tan calf handsomely gilt, joints cracked, cords intact; institutional stamps on title. Wrest Park armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey. London: Sam. Buckley, 1722
"The present treatise is one of the most important works in the history of public health because of its impact on theory of contagion"--Heirs of Hippocrates 769 (third edition). Garrison-Morton 5123 (1720 original edition).
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