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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06510 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1792 |
| Title | Thomas Jefferson to James Mease thanking him for his dissertation on canine madness |
| Date | 31 May 1792 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | ALS in the third person, written horizontally and signed in text at the beginning. Thanking Mease for his "very learned and ingenious dissertation on canine madness" and discussing insanity. Jefferson mentions a cure by mercury of an American captive in Algiers, a cure mentioned in Mease's book. He suggests an experiment with animals, infecting them with madness and then attempting the cures. Docketed, with loss at the upper right corner of the address leaf. |
| Subjects | Mental Health Health and Medical Prisoner Barbary Pirates Barbary Coast Science and Technology President |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Mease, James (1771-1846) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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