Researches to establish the truth of the Linnaean doctrine of animate contagions : wherein the origina, causes, mode of diffusion, and cure, of epidemic diseases, spasmodic cholera, dysentery, plague, small pox, hooping cough, leprosy ... are illsutrated by facts from the natural history of mankind, of animals, and of vegetables, and from the phenomena of the atmosphere / by Adam Neale.

  • Neale, Adam, -1832.
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1831
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Credit: Researches to establish the truth of the Linnaean doctrine of animate contagions : wherein the origina, causes, mode of diffusion, and cure, of epidemic diseases, spasmodic cholera, dysentery, plague, small pox, hooping cough, leprosy ... are illsutrated by facts from the natural history of mankind, of animals, and of vegetables, and from the phenomena of the atmosphere / by Adam Neale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In conclusion I may add, that having passed much of my life amongst large masses of men, and having had opportunities of witnessing many of their se- verest maladies and sufferings, I have ventured into the arena in the absence of better qualified, or more willing, observers, to bear testimony to the univer- sality of the Linnaean doctrine ; in the hope too, that if the following researches should serve no better pur- pose, they may at least awaken attention in those who are interested in such enquiries,—and who I would ask are not interested in the truths, of medical science ? The field of inquiry itself is ample, and as the attainment of some firm foundation in medicine must eventually contribute mainly to the happiness and well-being of society, it presents one of the fairest scopes for the honest ambition of men of generous and humane minds : and to such I commend the further prosecution of the task, fully convinced myself that its success must be certain and imperishable, and that sooner or later, truth must and shall prevail, even in medical science.