CONSIDERED IN ITS

HISTORICAL, PATHOLOGICAL, ETIOLOGICAL,

AND

THERAPEUTICAL RELATIONS.

INCLUDING

A SKETCH OF THE DISEASE AS IT HAS OCCURRED IN
PHILADELPHIA FROM 1699 TO 1854.

WITH

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IT AND THE FEVERS
KNOWN UNDER THE SAME NAME IN OTHER PARTS OF
TEMPERATE, AS WELL AS IN TROPICAL, REGIONS.

BY

R. LA ROCHE, M. D.,

MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;
FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF
THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, AND FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE MEDICAL

SOCIETY OF EMULATION, OF PARIS; OF THE ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES OF
TURIN, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM, NANCY, AND NEW ORLEANS; OF
THE MEDICAL SOCIETIES OF NAPLES, MARSEILLES, LYONS, ETC.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by

BLANCHARD AND LEA,

in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

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HUGH L. HODGE, M. D., AND JOHN BELL, M. D.,

OF PHILADELPHIA;

A. P. MERRILL, M. D.,

OF MEMPHIS, TENN.;

S. D. GROSS, M. D.,

OF LOUISVILLE, KY.;

AND

JOHN TRENOR, M. D.,

OF NEW YORK;

These Volumes are Inscribed,

AS A

TESTIMONIAL OF THE HIGH RESPECT AND REGARD

TO WHICH

THEY ARE SO JUSTLY ENTITLED FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL EMINENCE,

AND AS A

TOKEN OF THE SINCERE AFFECTION ENTERTAINED FOR THEM

BY THEIR FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.