Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,  2 (1817–18), 48–52.

Medical Report of Edinburgh

A— T, Edinburgh

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Meteorology, Public Health, Disease, Medical Treatment, Epidemiology, Class, Hospitals

People mentioned:

John Haygarth

Institutions mentioned:

Chester Infirmary , Manchester House of Recovery , Institution for the Cure and Prevention of Infectious Fever , Edinburgh Society for Relief of the Destitute Sick


    Citing details of several outbreaks of contagious fever in Edinburgh, advocates the use of fever wards in reducing the spread of infection.



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