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University of Chicago Library

Guide to Henry Shimer, Epidemic Diseases 1866

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Shimer, Henry. Epidemic Diseases

Dates:

1866

Dates:

Crerar Ms 31

Size:

229 p. (21.5 cm.)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

Thesis submitted in 1866, for a degree at Chicago Medical College, on diseases in the animal kingdom. I) "Epidemic diseases as manifested in the Animal Kingdom, principaly [sic] derived from personal observation of the late Malignant Epidemic among Insects"; II) "Etiology and Pathology", including sections on "Deficient Food", "Perverted Food", "Social Causes", "Climatic Causes", "Forces of Nature", and "Abnormal Atmospheric Conditions."

Information on Use

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Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Shimer, Henry, Epidemic Diseases, Crerar Ms 31, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Scope Note

Handwritten thesis submitted in 1866, for a degree at Chicago Medical College, on diseases in the animal kingdom. I) "Epidemic diseases as manifested in the Animal Kingdom, principaly [sic] derived from personal observation of the late Malignant Epidemic among Insects"; II) "Etiology and Pathology", including sections on "Deficient Food", "Perverted Food", "Social Causes", "Climatic Causes", "Forces of Nature", and "Abnormal Atmospheric Conditions." Ex libris: "Dr. E. Andrews"; "Chicago Public Library, November 26, 1884"; " Bound in three-quarter leather, repaired with cloth tape.

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Crerar Ms 31