Report of the Diphtheria Committee
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Committee appointed, January 1859. Members.?Dr. Babington, F.RS.,Dr. McWilliam, C.B., F.RS., Dr. Milroy, Dr. James Bird, Dr. Seaton, Dr. Camps, Dr. Murchison, Mr. Ernest Hart : Mr. J. N. Radcliffe, Secretary. In pursuance of the duties assigned to the Committee, to^ collect information and report upon the epidemic of diphtheria, which has prevailed in England since the commencement of 1857, a circular was issued, in February 1859, to the members
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