Miner, Thomas, M.D.

Typhus Syncopalis, sinking typhus, or the spotted-fever of New-England, as it appeared in the epidemic of 1823 in Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, (Conn.): printed for the author, 1825. First edition, 8vo, pp. 48; removed from binding, title page toned, dampstain in corner, some aggressive trimming leading to loss of final testimonial signature on final leaf, internally very good and clean. "Based on symptom comparisons ... typhus syncopalis was likely meningococcemia caused by Neisseria meningiitis." (Leng, 2012). American Imprints 21466; Cordasco 20-0416 (identifying the author as 'Milner'); Sabin 49202. OCLC: Huntington, AAS, and Boston Public to which Cordasco adds Johns Hopkins and National Library of Medicine. Item #55051

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