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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    ( >8 ) the city, and went home and died. Bot no other per- fon, it is believed, was taken off by the diforder, with- out having been nurfing, or otherwife in the infected fpot: and in general, thofe who lived at only a few rods didanoe, and avoided any nearer approach, were as fecure from the effects of the fever as though they had removed an hundred miles in the country. Although people generally made ufe of fome kind of preventative againd infection, fuch as fmoking tobacco, chewing garlic, and fmelling of vinegar, cam- phor, &c. yet it was not obfrrved in the end that they Were thereby prefervc-d from the effects of the difeafe. Many died of it, who were the mod careful to guard againfl it ; while others who took no manner of pre- caution whatever efcaped. It.fhould nevertheless be remembered, that temperance was here the belt pre- servative ; and a habit kept open by gentle dofes of phyiic taken occafionally was by far the mod advanta- geous to encounter the diforder. In the commencement of this difeafe very few ef- caped who were feverely attacked. But as the wea- ther grew more temperate, and the phyficians became better acquainted with the nature of the diforder, they refcued more from its devouring rage ; and in the lad ftages of its duration it but feldom proved fata!. The whole number who were fick is computed at 350, of whom lefs than one fourth died. At fird fcarcely a third furvived ; but the mortality was lefs in proportion as the difeafe advanced, and towards its termination, of thofe who were affected nearly nine out cf ten reco- vered. Moral njicflions. IN limes like thefe, how many circumdances occur tc wound the fenffbility and pain the heart! Such an ^ ur.com-