Mirror of Literature,  7 (1826), 194–96.

Select Biography. No. XLII. John Howard

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Hospitals, Disease, Epidemiology, Heroism

Publications cited:

Howard 1780 , Howard 1789


    The biographer reports of Howard: 'He was fond of philosophical experiments and observations, and communicated to the Royal Society, of which he was a member, some papers in this class' (194). The account discusses Howard's philanthropic interest in hospitals, and his work on the 'progress of contagion' in hospitals and prisons.



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