Thoughts on Hospitals: With a Letter to the Author, by Thomas Percival, M. D. F. R. S.

abſolutely admiffion admiſſion admitting againſt almoſt alſo arife ariſe aſſiſtance attendance bad air becauſe benevolent beſt cafes caſes cauſe charity circumſtance claſs compound fractures confiderable confidered conſequence conſtitution conſtruction contagion corrupted air courſe crowded hoſpital cure danger degree deſign diet diſeaſe diſorders diſpoſed diſpoſition diſtemper effluvia eſpecially expence fatal fever fince firſt fufferers houſe improvement infirmary inſtances inſtitutions itſelf JOHN AIKIN laſt leſs liable lying-in malignant medicine moſt mucilage muſt nature neceffity neceſſary neral objects obſerved occafioned particular diſeaſes perſons phyſician pitals pleaſure poor poſſible preſent private practice profeffion progreſs puerperal fevers purpoſe putrefaction putrid raiſed reaſon rection relief render reſpect reſt ſame ſeem ſeen ſenſible ſeparate ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſhow ſince ſkilful ſkill ſmall ſome meaſure ſpace ſpirit ſtance ſtate ſtill ſtrongly ſubject ſucceſs ſuch ſufficient ſuggeſt ſuitable ſupplied ſymptom theſe patients THOMAS PERCIVAL thoſe tion ulcers uſed uſual vitiated wards whoſe wiſhed