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BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)

BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)

1749 – 1829

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1789 CE

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An arithmetical and medical analysis of the diseases and mortality of the human species.

BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)
BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)

Black analyzed the London bills of mortality from 1701-1776. His work was the only study to provide a numerical account of insanity, a disease on people's minds because of George III's illness.