An historical account of gaol fever / by Francis C. Webb.

  • Webb, Francis Cornelius.
Date:
[1857]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of gaol fever / by Francis C. Webb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    form and prevailing to an extent rarely equalled in more modern times, were unanimous in their conclusion ; and few can read the unvarnished narratives of Pringle, Lind, Hux- ham, and Lettsom, without acknowledging its justice. As the peculiar denizen of our prisons, fever has now dis- appeared ; the gaol distemper no longer holds a place in scientific treatises, or in popular apprehension; and already, probably, few who attend our courts of justice recognise, in the rue thickly strewn in the prisoners' dock, the evidence of the dread which was once inspired by the unfortunate occupants. / T. RICKARDS, PRINTER, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.