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008 840603s1788 mau 000 0 eng
035 $a(OCoLC)14822070
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm14822070
035 $a(NNC)5528873
035 $a5528873
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110 2 $aHumane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87818726
245 14 $aThe institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts :$bwith the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects thereof.
260 $aBoston :$b[publisher not identified],$c1788.
300 $a27, [1] p. ;$c17 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aSignatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ [D]² ([D]2 verso blank).
500 $a"List of the officers elected for ... 1788": p. 16.
500 $a"List of the members" (followed by an "Advertisement" soliciting new members): p. 17-21 (signature C, omitted in the other impression)
500 $a"Premiums adjudged by the Society" (for the rescue of persons from drowning): p. 27.
500 $aProbably the earlier of the two variant impressions which appeared in 1788.
500 $aRare Books copy: From the library of Jedidiah Morse, with his autograph.$5NNC
500 $aRare Books copy: First leaf (half title?) lacking.$5NNC
500 $aRare Books copy: Outer margins closely cropped.$5NNC
510 4 $aEvans, C. American bibliography,$c21158
510 4 $aAustin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints,$c998
510 4 $aBlake, J. NLM 18th cent.,$cp. 225
510 4 $aSabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,$c33681
510 4 $aEnglish short title catalogue (ESTC),$cW23169
530 $aAlso available on micofilm and electronic media.
610 20 $aHumane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87818726
650 0 $aLifesaving$xSocieties, etc.$zMassachusetts$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aDrowning$xPrevention$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aDrowning$xResuscitation$vEarly works to 1800.
752 $aUnited States$bMassachusetts$dBoston.$2naf
852 80 $brbx$hB339.0766$iH88
852 80 $buts,unnr$hYX94$iH91 1788