Historical Bibliography Updated: February 7, 2020

Observations on the nature and cure of hospital and jayl-fevers.

PRINGLE, Sir John (1707 – 1782) Wikipedia

Publication Details

London: A. Millar & D. Wilson, 1750 CE.

Pringle was a strong advocate of better ventilation in prisons and hospitals as a means of preventing typhus, which he showed to be identical with “hospital fever”.

Browse Tags

Plagues & Epidemics
Hospitals & Institutions

Thematic Classifications

HOSPITALS INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Lice-Borne Diseases › Typhus PUBLIC HEALTH Ventilation, Health Aspects of

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#5374
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7023
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	observations-on-the-nature-and-cure-of-hospital-and-jaylfevers

Geographic Context

Publication place: London