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

Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
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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.)

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    •f the juftnefs of his opinion in this inftance, he muft indulge them in believing that the deleterious miafmata was introduced from. abroad, and from the fick from on board one of the three veflels before mentioned. There are fome indeed, who go fo far as to fay that if particular men had done their duty ; and had not betrayed more in- dulgence to French cruizers, than genuine friendship for this city, we fhould never have had occafion to dilpuLc on io i'orrovr- ful a theme. From whatever fountain we trace this poi- foncd ftream it has deftroyed the lives of many thoufand citizens and fome of the molt diftinguilhed worth. Mmj widows and orphans are left to deplore the lofs of huf- bands and parents : at the acme of its pre* dominance, the univerfal complexion of the city was like Ezekiels rol),infcribed from one end to the. other with characters of lament- ation and woe. A particular account of the various fymp- toms of the late malignant fever ha-e been defdibtd with great pi eciiion and perfpi- cuity by the ingenious Dr. William Currie*