A True History of the Terrible Epidemic Vulgarly Called the Throat Distemper, Which Occurred in His Majesty's New England Colonies Between the Years 1735 and 1740
A True History of the Terrible Epidemic Vulgarly Called the Throat Distemper, Which Occurred in His Majesty's New England Colonies Between the Years 1735 and 1740
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Title: A True History of the Terrible Epidemic Vulgarly Called the Throat Distemper, Which Occurred in His Majesty's New England Colonies Between the Years 1735 and 1740
Author: Caulfield, Ernest
Publication: New Haven, Connecticut: Published for the Beaumont Medical Club by the Yale Journal of Biology & Medicine, 1939.
Description: A historical and epidemiological account of the "throat distemper" (diphtheria) epidemic, which started in Kingston, New Hampshire in 1735, and quickly spread to other New England states, killing about 5,000 people, more than 75% of whom were children. A concurrent scarlet fever epidemic is also discussed. First edition. No. 41 of 375 copies. Illustrated with charts, maps, facsimiles, and photos. Bound in quarter black cloth with gray paper over boards, with lettering stamped in gilt on spine and in black on front cover. 9.75 x 6.5 inches; [6], 113, [1] pages, [2] pages of plates. Signature of former owner Elizabeth R. Harrison on front free endpaper. Covers rather toned at edges, light toning to interior. Very Good. The former owner is probably Elizabeth R. Harrison (1899-2003), one of the first women to graduate from the Yale School of Medicine (Class of 1926) and pediatrician to three generations of New Haven children. Cushing C134.
