A sketch, (analytical) of the history and cure of contagious fever / By Robert Jackson, M.D.

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A sketch, (analytical) of the history and cure of contagious fever / By Robert Jackson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IV. History of the Symptoms of the Fever which generates a contagious Material in the course of its action, and which propagates itself by what is thus produced^ through a series of healthy Subjects; in other words^ the History o f the Fever which arises in Jails, damp Cel- lars, Transport Ships, Military Barracks, Hospitals, and other crowded and ill-venti- lated Places. The fever which arises from the impressions of contagious matter, whether proceeding di- rectly from the bodies of men in a state of dis- ease, or from substances that have been in con- tact with the subjects of disease, has, on manj occasions, a period of indisposition precursory of the formal attack. The indisposition varies in form and degree according to the circum- stances of the subject and the conditions of the cause to which the subject is exposed. Slight and irregular chillinesses, sensibility to cool air, or a desire to be near the fire, are noticed as precursory on many occasions; a desire to