Observations on the laws governing the communication of contagious diseases, and the means of arresting their progress. [Read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the 9th of June, 1814.]
By: [David Hosack]
Contributors: Chisholm, Colin, 1755-1825; Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Printed by Van Winkle and Wiley
Published: 1815
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Notes: The Observations "were originally drawn up in June 1812 in a letter addressed to Dr. [Colin] Chisholm, and were intended as an answer to his strictures on my proposed classification of contagious diseases: the substance of that communication to Dr. Chisholm has ... been preserved entire, though ... the epistolary form is laid aside" - p. [3]

"Additional notes on contagion, &c" (including previous letters between Hosack and Chisholm): p. [45]-84.

Also published in the Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, v. 1 (1815) p. [201]-280.

Austin 972.