Research Catalog

Title

A discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [electronic resource] : at their semiannual meeting, June 14th, 1796 / by Chandler Robbins.

Author

Robbins, Chandler, 1738-1799.

Publication

Boston : Printed by Thomas Fleet, 1796.

Details

Additional Authors

Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Description

36 p.; 19 cm.

Alternative Title

Dr. Robbins' discourse to the Humane Society

Subject

• Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Drowning > Resuscitation > United States > Early works to 1800

Note

• A minister's observations chiefly on the purpose and work of the Society.
• Appendix (p. 25-35) includes correspondence of the Society from June 23, 1795, to June 1, 1796; the treasurer's account for 1795-96; and officers "chosen Dec. 1795."
• "Summary of the method of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead from drowning."--P. 36.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 71755.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

CTRG99-B544

Author

Robbins, Chandler, 1738-1799.

Title

A discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [electronic resource] : at their semiannual meeting, June 14th, 1796 / by Chandler Robbins.

Imprint

Boston : Printed by Thomas Fleet, 1796.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG99-B544

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.