A short account of the yellow fever, as it appeared in New-London, in August, September, and October, 1798 : with an accurate list of those who died of the disease, the donations, &c. &c. &c. / by Charles Holt.

  • Holt, Charles, 1772-1852.
Date:
1798
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Credit: A short account of the yellow fever, as it appeared in New-London, in August, September, and October, 1798 : with an accurate list of those who died of the disease, the donations, &c. &c. &c. / by Charles Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    perceived. The attack was ufually prececled by lan- guor ;md reftleiTnefs, and a (Irange and undefcribabie feeling through the whole fyftem. On its commence- ment, the paiient was frequently feized with naufea and vomiting, obftinate coflivenefs, and forenefs of the whole body. The collivenefs in fome few cafe's could 'not be removed by the mod: powerful purgatives; ca- lomel and jalap, [alts, oil, and injections, were repeat- ed without eiTeft ; and the paffage from the flomach to the bowels feemed entirely doled until death. From* this caufe might proceed the load and preifure in the itomach, fometimes higher and iometimes lower, which, with very few exceptions, always attended the difeafe, and frequently continued fome days after the patient was apparently recovered. During the firft ftage the progrefs o? the difeafe was commonly marked with gentle fluihings in the face, al- ternating with a pale, fhrunk, defpoadifig and yellow countenance—the eyes were red, and their veflels ap- peared to be fwoln with blood—fome were almolr. to- tally blind, and others could not bear the leatt degree of light—but thefe fymptoms, with the pain in the head, generally fubfidcd after bleeding and other evacuations. rlhe forenefs of the mufcles, the diilrefs at the (totnacb, and paia in the head and back, coifrefponding with the extreme pains mentioned by writers on the fever of Weft-Indies many years ago, called the Break-bone Fever, continued—with the /kin dry and parched, the tongue covered with a dark brown fcurf, frequently icaling oil' and leaving the tongue red and fometimes fore—the fur was fometimes very white, and iometimes fcarcely vifible. Delirium, ravings, and great involun- tary ftrength frequently appeared about this period, lefs violent in fome than others, though equally dangerous. But fome perfectly retained their fenies, and complain- ed of little pain, remaining in a ftupid calm and indif- ference—upon being alked how they were, tacy always anlwer-