Copy 1

Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny].

  • Clanny, William Reid, 1776-1850
Date:
1832
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/172 (page 5)
    At Gateshead the disease did not make its appearance till the 25th of December, when only two cases were, on the evening of that day, reported ; and so rapid was the course of “the pestilence that walketh in darkness,” that on the 27th of December, 172 patients were reported, of whom 63 had died. In a few days afterwards we find at Newcastle, where the disease had not been heretofore so fatally rapid in its progress, that it renewed its attacks with greater energy than ever. But these being out of my range, I shall confine myself to my proper sphere of action, viz. this town and vicinity. Upon the 24th of October last, a table was published shewing the number of persons who died of cholera, out of every thousand, in several cities of Europe; the numbers, up to the 52nd day, were as follow. BAG, osidiepncttinae ol Dan tzieh uvigsone 9 Posen jie... 3327, Stettim,:..:.ca--00.. 54 St. Petersburgh,...13 | Berlin,.............- 43 On the 5th of December returns were pub- lished which gave the following summary of