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An Account of the Plague Which Raged at Moscow, in 1771
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Jr The author's preface or introd'ué'tion is wholly con troverfral. It confr?s of a reply to Mr. Samozlowoitz, who had attempted, in a veryilliberal manner, to detract from the merit of the author's publication. This reply is aecom panied with copies of the certificates and teftimonials re ceived from the lieutenant of the police, the governours of the foundling-hofpital, the lieutenant-general of Mofcow, Count Panin, the privy counfellor de Betzky, 85c. Relative to hls advice and exertions during the time of the plague. Thefe vouchers completely refute his adverfaryfs charges but as they and the reft of the preface prefent no facts re lative to the hrf'rory or treatment of the diforder, they can not be interel'ring to any but the author's friends, and are therefore omitted. A and 4th. Tloe precautions continually necefizry in places expoficl to toenpgiz'lential contagion.
Jr The author's preface or introd'ué'tion is wholly con troverfral. It confr?s of a reply to Mr. Samozlowoitz, who had attempted, in a veryilliberal manner, to detract from the merit of the author's publication. This reply is aecom panied with copies of the certificates and teftimonials re ceived from the lieutenant of the police, the governours of the foundling-hofpital, the lieutenant-general of Mofcow, Count Panin, the privy counfellor de Betzky, 85c. Relative to hls advice and exertions during the time of the plague. Thefe vouchers completely refute his adverfaryfs charges but as they and the reft of the preface prefent no facts re lative to the hrf'rory or treatment of the diforder, they can not be interel'ring to any but the author's friends, and are therefore omitted. A and 4th. Tloe precautions continually necefizry in places expoficl to toenpgiz'lential contagion.
126 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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