Yellow or malignant bilious fever in the vicinity of South Street wharf, Philadelphia, 1853 : read before the College of Physicians Aug. 3 and Sept. 7, 1853 : with an appendix / by Wilson Jewell.

  • Jewell, Wilson, 1800-1867.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Yellow or malignant bilious fever in the vicinity of South Street wharf, Philadelphia, 1853 : read before the College of Physicians Aug. 3 and Sept. 7, 1853 : with an appendix / by Wilson Jewell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    YELLOW OR MALIGNANT BILIOUS FEVER IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH STREET WHARF [Read before the College of Physicians Aug. 5,1853.] Duking the past month (July) our usually healthy city was thrown into a state of great excitement, from a suspicion that yel- low fever, with its fearful concomitants, threatened once more, after an absence of the third of a century, to find a local habita- tion and a name in our midst. A careful investigation into the circumstances giving rise to this alarm, has resulted in the development of the following facts, having a direct bearing upon the origin and history of this much dreaded visitation:— On the 25th of June last, the barque Mandarin, Capt. E. 1ST, Campbell, sailed from Cienfuegos, Cuba, for this port, all in good health, with a cargo of sugar, molasses, and cigars. Her crew consisted of twelve men. On arriving at the Lazaretto, July 12, after a passage of seventeen days, she was visited by the officers at the station, and, on oath, the captain reported cases of smallpox and fever at Cienfuegos when he left. That he had lost two of his crew on the passage with fever. The statement of the Lazaretto physician is, that the crew, numbering ten souls, were examined and proved to be in good health; notwithstanding this, it was considered prudent that the barque should be detained until thoroughly ventilated, cleansed, and fumigated; the bedding and clothing of the deceased sailors were destroyed, the vessel whitewashed and fumigated in every part with chloride of lime,