Pathological observations, Part I. on dropsy, purpura and the influenza of the latter end of the year 1822, and beginning of that of 1823; and particularly on the morbid changes of the blood, and their influence on the production and course of the diseases, illustraled [sic] by select cases and dissections / by William Stoker ...

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1823
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Credit: Pathological observations, Part I. on dropsy, purpura and the influenza of the latter end of the year 1822, and beginning of that of 1823; and particularly on the morbid changes of the blood, and their influence on the production and course of the diseases, illustraled [sic] by select cases and dissections / by William Stoker ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    came on ; and when I was called on to go down to see him in the commencement of the year 1822, I found him in a paroxysm, which, though for a while relieved by bleeding from the temporal ar- tery, relapsed on the succeeding day, and termi- nated fatally. In concluding this Preface I have only to add, that I have been induced to attempt a succinct ac- count of the late influenza, as it appeared to me to have been the most formidable and fatal epi- demic that I had ever witnessed, and also the most instructive, whether as regards its nature connected with the state of the weather, or as re- gards means of prevention and remedy suggested by the forms it assumed in its various stages or combinations, hoping that the attempt, however imperfect, may afford assistance to others as a record of facts, and as a guide in the future treatment of a similar epidemic, should it un- fortunately again arise. 21, York'Xtrcel, June 28, 1823. w. s.