Paper, 'Historicall account of the late generall coughs and colds, with some observations on other epidemick distempers' by Dr [Thomas] Molyneux
Reference number: CLP/14i/37
Date: 1694
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Molyneux discusses the autumn and winter colds in Dublin [Ireland], beginning in November 1693, that spread following snow and a rapid dip in temperatures. Molyneux describes the symptoms of these colds in detail, and then compares the epidemic with a 'transient fever' epidemic that occurred in July 1688.
Subject: Medicine / Epidemiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Dr. Molineux’s historical account of the late general coughs and colds; with some observations on other epidemick distempers'.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1694.
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- CLP/14i/37
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- 1694
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- 4 pages
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Thomas Molyneux, Paper, 'Historicall account of the late generall coughs and colds, with some observations on other epidemick distempers' by Dr [Thomas] Molyneux, 1694, CLP/14i/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_37/paper-historicall-account-of-the-late-generall-coughs-and-colds-with-some-observations-on-other-epidemick-distempers-by-dr-thomas-molyneux, accessed on 08 June 2026
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Author: Molineux
Date: 1st April 1694
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0022
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