Thacher, James, fl. 1840-1841 to James Mease
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06513.01 Author/Creator: Thacher, James, fl. 1840-1841 Place Written: Plymouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 August 1840 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 25.5 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
Remarks that he has just read in the North American [publication] that a number of physicians have declared that they believe there is no such disease as hydrophobia because they have never seen an instance of it. Hopes that Mease will come forward and dispute this claim.
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