An address to the King and Parliament of Great-Britain, on the important subject of preserving the lives of its inhabitants, by means which, with the sanction and assistance of the legislature, would be rendered simple, clear, and efficacious to the people at large
Subtitle: with an appendix, in which is inserted a letter from Dr. Lettsom, to the author
By: by W. Hawes, M.D. ... To which are subjoined, Hints for improving the art of restoring suspended animation, and also for administering dephlogisticated air in certain diseases, and particularly in the present epidemic-termed influenza, proposed (in a letter to Dr. Hawes) by A. Fothergill, M.D. member of the Royal College of Physicians, and F.R.S.
Contributors: Hawes, William, 1736-1808, Provenance; Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813; Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815; Gabb, Mr., Provenance; University of Bristol. Library
Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley; T. Cadell; C. Dilly; Dennis and Son
Published: 1782
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Notes: Fothergill's "Hints" have separate t.-p. and pagination, but the register is continuous.

With a half-title, and 2 p. of advertisements at end (p. [42]-[43])

Hawes' Address has appendices: 1. An address to the public. [An abridgment of the work published separately in 1778 and 1779]: p. 21-29, and 2. Prize medals. From the author's lectures on animation (p. 30-35)

Letter to the author signed J. C. Lettsom, and dated May 29, 1782: p. 36.

ESTC, T1887.

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