| RefNo | CLP/14i/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Historicall account of the late generall coughs and colds, with some observations on other epidemick distempers' by Dr [Thomas] Molyneux |
| Date | [1694] |
| Description | Molyneux discusses the autumn and winter colds in Dublin [Ireland], beginning in November 1693, that spread following snow and a rapid dip in temperatures. Molyneux describes the symptoms of these colds in detail, and then compares the epidemic with a 'transient fever' epidemic that occurred in July 1688.
Subject: Medicine / Epidemiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Dr. Molineux’s historical account of the late general coughs and colds; with some observations on other epidemick distempers'.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1694. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0022
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18 (1694), p 105 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7851 | Molyneux; Sir; Thomas (1661 - 1733); physician and antiquarian | 1661 - 1733 |