An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed
Subtitle: in a letter addressed to The Right Hon. Earl Spencer, &c. &c. &c
By: by James Carmichael Smyth
Contributors: Great Britain. Admiralty
Series: Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-yard.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Hospital ships; Early works to 1800; Disinfection and disinfectants; Nitrous acid; Communicable diseases; Prevention; Disease Outbreaks; Naval Medicine; Disinfectants; Union (Hospital ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy
Notes: "Published with the approbation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."

"Plan of the Union outfitted for an hospital ship"--Folded leaf.

Signatures: A-D⁸ E⁴ F².

Final p. blank.

ESTC T18827