An inquiry into the propagation of contagious poisons, by the atmosphere

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1. 1AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPAGATION OF CONTAGIOUS POISONS, BY THE ATMOSPHERE; AS ALSO INTO THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF VITIATED AIR, ITS FORMS AND SOURCES, AND OTHER CAUSES OF PESTILENCE; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR AVOIDING THE ACTION OF CONTAGION, AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEANS FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH
2. 2PREFACE.
3. 3CONTENTS.
4. 4PART I.
5. 5INTRODUCTION.
6. 6CHAPTER I. PREVALENCE OF DOCTRINE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, INJURY TO PATIENT, ATTENDANTS AND VISITORS.
7. 7CHAPTER II. MEDICINE RETARDED—FORMS OF CONTAGION.
8. 8CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL SKETCH.
9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION.
10. 10CHAPTER V. CONTAGIOUS POISONS—NON-SOLUTION IN THE AIR—RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS.
11. 11CHAPTER VII. CONTAGIOUS POISONS, COMPARED WITH YEAST—DOES THAT AGENT ASSUME THE AERIFORM STATE?
12. 121st Experiment.
13. 132d Experiment.
14. 14PART II.
15. 15CHAPTER I. THE NEGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION FROM THE HISTORY AND ACTUAL OBSERVATION OF DISEASE.
16. 16THE EVIDENCE DRAWN FROM THE WIDELY SPREAD AND SIMULTANEOUS PREVALENCE OF DISEASE, IN FAVOUR OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, CONSIDERED.
17. 17CHAPTER II. THE EVIDENCE DRAWN FROM DISEASE ATTACKING THE RELATIVES, ATTENDANTS, AND VISITORS OF THE SICK, IN FAVOUR OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, CONSIDERED—FACTS EXPLAINED.
18. 18CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENT DRAWN IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPAGATION OF DISEASE BY ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, FROM DISEASE APPEARING IN PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY HOUSES AND LOCALITIES TO WHICH PERSONS SICK, OR LATELY SO, HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

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