An essay on the malignant, ulcerated sore throat; containing reflections on its causes and fatal effects in 1787. With a remarkable case, accompanied with large purple spots all over the body, a mortification of the leg, &c. &c. By William Rowley, M.D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. &c. To which are added, animadversions on the present defects in treating the disorder, improved and successful methods of cure, and an account of a new species of temporary madness, &c.

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Title An essay on the malignant, ulcerated sore throat; containing reflections on its causes and fatal effects in 1787. With a remarkable case, accompanied with large purple spots all over the body, a mortification of the leg, &c. &c. By William Rowley, M.D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. &c. To which are added, animadversions on the present defects in treating the disorder, improved and successful methods of cure, and an account of a new species of temporary madness, &c.
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Signed Author By William Rowley, M.D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. &c.
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Pagination xvi, 126
Date of Publication 1788
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Rowley, William. An essay on the malignant, ulcerated sore throat; containing reflections on its causes and fatal effects in 1787. With a remarkable case, accompanied with large purple spots all over the body, a mortification of the leg, &c. &c. By William Rowley, M.D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. &c. To which are added, animadversions on the present defects in treating the disorder, improved and successful methods of cure, and an account of a new species of temporary madness, &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 14923, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/14923. Accessed 2025-07-13. 

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