Dr. Wyndham B. Blanton kindly gave permission for the use, in the
preparation of this booklet, of his definitive and authoritative volume
on the history of seventeenth-century Virginia medicine. Dr. Blanton's
work--based on extensive research in the sources--has proved of great
value, but he should not be held responible for any weaknesses in this
essay, as the author assumes full responsibility. The author also
wishes to take this opportunity to express his appreciation for the
numerous suggestions and improvements made by his wife who spent many
hours assisting in the preparation of the manuscript.
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a Colonial Experiment_. New York, 1932.
_Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century_, 1607-1689. Baton Rouge,
1949.
Duran-Reynals, Marie Louise, _The Fever Bark Tree_. New York, 1946.
Garrison, Fielding H., _An Introduction to the History of Medicine_....
Philadelphia, 1929.
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