Records, 1862.

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Records, 1862.

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Collection contains a letter from the Special Committee on the City Select Council, referring the question of salting railroad tracks to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; R. E. Rogers' statement to Caspar Morris, attesting to the salubrious effects of salt in the atmosphere; and a printed pamphlet compiling all documentation on the question, including the final report of the College committee, 1862.

1 folder (3 items).

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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Morris, Caspar, 1805-1884

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Salting of City Railroad Tracks.

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On 4 Feb. 1862, a special committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia was appointed to investigate any public health hazard presented by salting railroad tracks to remove ice and snow. The question was referred to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. On 19 Feb. 1862, a committee of physicians Franklin Bache, D. Francis Condie, J. M. DaCosta, Edward Hartshorne, and Caspar Morris, chairman, was appointed to consider the questions. The committee made i...

Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils. Select Council

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Rogers, R. E. 1813-1884.

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