An account of the rise, progress, and termination, of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia : briefly stated from authentic documents.

Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the rise, progress, and termination, of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia : briefly stated from authentic documents. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

    13/60
    MALIGNANT FEVER. f Tftat the fever originated from the rotten afi'cc, as has !,ctn fuggdlcd, it altogether chimerical. Thnf the dry and warm ftatc of our atmofpherc had no lh<-rc in the generation of the difeaie is reduced to a certain- ty, from th- difealV being at fir ft confined fo a few particular perfons, and in that par- ticular part of watei itreet near to the fuf- pecled vellels ; from its being communicat- ed from thofe to others, and fo «n, in fuc- ceirion. Such hath been the report of Doctor* Currie and Cathrall, men of extenfjve fkill and obfervation. But this opinion hath been combattcd by a rhyfician of very confider;ible reputation and practice, who hath offered lome reafons to the public for dilTenting on this occafion, from the above mentioned gentlemen, as well as nioft others of their profelh'on. He iuppofes that the contagion was generated fiom the flench of a Cargo of damaged coffee, which had been landed near the fame place where it made its firfl appearance; on a fuppofiti- on that vegetable putrefaction might pro- duce fuch a difcafe. This gentleman has.