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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