Biography
Richard Bayley was a New York City physician and the first chief health officer of the city. An expert in yellow fever, he helped discover its epidemiology, improved city sanitation, and authored the federal Quarantine Act of 1799. The 1788 Doctors' Riot was sparked by fears that his students were secretly removing corpses from graves in order to dissect them.
Works
An account of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the city of New-York
Letters from the Health-Office
Letters from the Health-Office
An account of the epidemic fever
An account of the epidemic fever
An inaugural dissertation, on cholera morbus
An inaugural dissertation, on cholera morbus
An inaugural dissertation on the compression of the brain from concussion
An inaugural dissertation on the compression of the brain from concussion
Cases of the angina trachealis, with the mode of cure
Cases of the angina trachealis, with the mode of cure
An account of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the city of New York, during part of the summer and fall of 1795
An account of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the city of New York, during part of the summer and fall of 1795