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Historical Bibliography Updated: December 29, 2019

A short account of a society at Amsterdam instituted in the year 1767 for the recovery of drowned persons…

Publication Details

London: John Nourse, 1773 CE.

An English summary of No. 2028.51, and the first detailed report on the society’s work published in England. Johnson proposed the formation of a similar society in England. The Royal Humane Society was formed by T. Cogan and W. Hawes in 1774.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2028.52
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2087
External URLa-short-account-of-a-society-at-amsterdam-instituted-in-the-year-1767-for-the-recovery-of-drowned-persons

Geographic Context

Publication place: London