Remarks on the yellow fever of the south and east coasts of Spain : comprehending observations made on the spot, by actual survey of localities, and rigorous examination of fact at original sources of information / by Thomas O'Halloran.

Date:
1823
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Credit: Remarks on the yellow fever of the south and east coasts of Spain : comprehending observations made on the spot, by actual survey of localities, and rigorous examination of fact at original sources of information / by Thomas O'Halloran. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    might be withdrawn from the infected town or city; and, as the disease would cease in a short time, in want of subjects, or from other causes, the town would again be safe and habitable after a skil- fully conducted expurgation. If the lights of science were permitted to direct the health arrangements of states and king- doms, there are grounds to believe, that the alarm, misery, and destruction, which attaches to the appearance of contagious or epidemic diseases, would be much di- minished ; so much diminished, indeed, that the common business of life would scarcely be interrupted. Such change of measures may be wished, but they can scarcely be expected. Power is self-suffi- cient, and does not permit humble science to enter its threshold; but until it grant this indulgence, the affairs of human life will be fluctuating, tumultuous, and with- out permanent prosperity.