Philosophical, medical, and experimental essays; viz. I. On the state of population in Manchester, and other adjacent places. II. On the proportional Mortality of the Small Pox and Measles, in the several Periods of Life, and different Seasons of the Year; together with its comparative Fatality to Males and Females. III. On the different Quantities of Rain which fall, at different Heights, over the same Spot of Ground. IV. On the Solution of Stones of the Urinary and of the Gall Bladder, by Water impregnated with Fixed Air. V. On the Nature and Composition of Urinary Calculi. VI. On the Internal Regulation of Hospitals. Vii. On the Influence of Fixed Air on the Colours and Vegetation of Plants. Viii. On the Action of different Manures. IX. On the Properties of different Absorbents. X. Miscellaneous Observations, Cases, and Inquiries. By Thomas Percival, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries in London. To which is added an appendix; containing a letter to the author from Dr. Saunders, on the Solution of Human Calculi; with other Papers [electronic resource].
1776
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Philosophical, medical, and experimental essays; viz. I. On the state of population in Manchester, and other adjacent places. II. On the proportional Mortality of the Small Pox and Measles, in the several Periods of Life, and different Seasons of the Year; together with its comparative Fatality to Males and Females. III. On the different Quantities of Rain which fall, at different Heights, over the same Spot of Ground. IV. On the Solution of Stones of the Urinary and of the Gall Bladder, by Water impregnated with Fixed Air. V. On the Nature and Composition of Urinary Calculi. VI. On the Internal Regulation of Hospitals. Vii. On the Influence of Fixed Air on the Colours and Vegetation of Plants. Viii. On the Action of different Manures. IX. On the Properties of different Absorbents. X. Miscellaneous Observations, Cases, and Inquiries. By Thomas Percival, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries in London. To which is added an appendix; containing a letter to the author from Dr. Saunders, on the Solution of Human Calculi; with other Papers [electronic resource].
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Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804.
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London : printed for Joseph Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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xvi,374,[4]p. ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title, leaf of errata and a final advertisement leaf.
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