A history of the epidemic fever, which prevailed in Bridlington, and the neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 ... / [Humphry Sandwith] ; also, observations in medicine and surgery by Thomas Sandwith.

  • Sandwith, Humphry, 1822-1881.
Date:
1821
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Credit: A history of the epidemic fever, which prevailed in Bridlington, and the neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 ... / [Humphry Sandwith] ; also, observations in medicine and surgery by Thomas Sandwith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ther springs, which are better tasted, though rather hard, lie at a depth of from eighteen to fifty or sixty feet. The stratum of chalk-gravel under-lies the town. Its streets are narrow, but on the whole well drained and clean. The air is sharp and clear, with the exception of occasional sea fogs. High winds, for the last two years, prevailed chiefly from the west and north-west; but in former years more frequently from east, north-east, and north. In spring the wind often blows from the east, with but little intermission, for many weeks, considerably re- tarding the progress of vegetation. During its more transient visitations last spring (1819,) I observed its pernicious effects on the hedges and fruit trees, which it blasted on their eastern aspect, as though scorched by lightning. During the autumnal months too we were revisited by severe gales blowing unabatedly from north and north-east. The moist air from the sea in winter mitigates the rigour of the frost, and very soon dissolves the snow, unless it fall to a considerable depth. The sultriness of sum- mer is corrected by the cooling breezes, which