1. The effect of the nitrous vapour, in preventing and destroying contagion: ascertained, from a variety of trials, made chiefly by surgeons of His Majesty's Navy, in prisons, hospitals, and on board of ships : with an introduction respecting the nature of the contagion, which gives rise to the jail or hospital fever ; and the various methods formerly employed to prevent or destroy this Author(s): Smyth, James Carmichael, 1741-1821 Publication: Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1799 Subject(s): Nitrous Acid -- therapeutic useDisease OutbreaksTyphus, Epidemic Louse-Borne -- prevention & controlMilitary Medicine