On the influenza as it prevailed in Bristol and its vicinity during 1803 / by John Nott.

  • Nott, John, 1751-1825.
Date:
1803
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Credit: On the influenza as it prevailed in Bristol and its vicinity during 1803 / by John Nott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    relapfed, who, to all appearance, were got per- feflly well. Again: I have known whole families, confider- able in number, affe&ed with it, matters and fer- vants, on one and the fame morning, or evening t perhaps: to fuppofe that each caught it from the other, argues a rapidity of infe&ion, that no poifon hitherto known, I fancy, ever yet occafioned. But thefe perfons were living in the fame atmofphere, under the fame circumflances, moft likely on the fame diet, and from fimilar habits acquiring, pof- fibly, fimilar difpofitions towards fufceptibility. This may account for fuch a fudden general attack. Numerous inftances alfo have happened within every perfon’s knowledge, of married couples, one of whom has contra£ted the complaint, while the- other has continued exempt during the whole period of its prevalence; without the idea of feparate