Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

An inaugural dissertation on the disease termed petechial, or spotted fever. Submitted to the Examining Committee of the Medical Society of Connecticut, for the county of Hartford.

Hartford, CT: P. B. Gleason, 1810.

This graduation dissertation was the first published brochure on cerebrospinal meningitis. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

Facet Tags

United States
Plagues & Epidemics

Subjects

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Meningitis NEUROLOGY › Inflammatory Conditions › Cerebrospinal Meningitis U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Connecticut

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Entry Number	#4675
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/942
External URL	an-inaugural-dissertation-on-the-disease-termed-petechial-or-spotted-fever

Geographic Context

Publication place: Hartford, CT