The yellow fever of Charleston considered in its relation to the West India commerce / by William Hume.

  • Hume, W. (William)
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[1860]
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    Vuif, Alb CHARLESTON MEDICAL JOURNAL AND REVIEW. Vol. XV.] CHARLESTON, S. C, JAN., 1860. [No. 1. Art. I.—The Yellow Fever of Charleston, considere^Jm its rela- tions to the West India commerce. By William Hume. M.D., Professor of Experimental Science in the State Military Academy of South-Carolina. It must be obvious to every reader, who follows the argu- ments of the various writers on the origin of yellow fever in our city, that the object of one party is to protect the citi- zens at any pecuniary cost, from the ravages of pestilence, while the other is interested in the protection of a partiorfar commerce, which is believed to be more beneficial to the city, than the preservation of our sojourning foreign popula- tion. It seems to be conceded by one party, that the impor- tation of one thousand hogsheads of sugar and molasses, advances the prosperity of the city more than the immigra- tion of one thousand Irish and German candidates for per- manent citizenship, while the opposition party believe that an increase of our population from any source, is a perma- nent increase in our means of fixing wealth, and that the income from an emigrant's labor, remains and accumulates, so long as he lives, and also survives in the labor of his chil- dren. Opinion is divided between the receipt of an annual income from commerce, and a permanent capital from popula- tion, for, in the present state of our knowledge, derived from the experience of the past, an increase of population is incompatible with the occasional prevalence of a mortal pestilence. It operates in two modes. It destroys those