Medical inquiries and observations (Volume 1).

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
1805
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    their ears, and others were affected with small ul- cers in the throat. I met with only one case of this fever in which the pulse indicated bleeding. The rest yielded in a few days to emetics, blisters, and the bark, assisted by the usual more simple remedies in such diseases. An intermittent prevailed among adults in the month of May. July and August were uncommonly warm. The mercury stood on the 6th of August at 941°, on the 15th of the same month at 95°, and for several days afterwards at 90°. Many labouring people perished during this month by the heat, and by drinking, not only cold water, but cold liquors of several kinds, while they were under the violent impressions of the heat. The vomiting and purging prevailed universally, during these two warm months, among the chil- dren, and with uncommon degrees of mortality. Children from one year to eight and nine years old were likewise veiy generally affected by blotches and little boils, especially in their faces. An erup- tion on the skin, called by the common people the prickly heat, was very common at this time among persons of all ages. The winds during these