A treatise on the yellow fever, as it appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the years 1793-4-5-6: to which are added, observations on the bilious remittent fever, on intermittents, dysentery, and some other West India diseases; also, the chemical analysis and medical properties of the hot mineral waters in the same island / By James Clark, M.D.

  • Clark, James, -1819.
Date:
1797
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Credit: A treatise on the yellow fever, as it appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the years 1793-4-5-6: to which are added, observations on the bilious remittent fever, on intermittents, dysentery, and some other West India diseases; also, the chemical analysis and medical properties of the hot mineral waters in the same island / By James Clark, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hijlory of the Difeafe. ti7 cafe, but generally became quicker and, weaker afterwards.—The heat of the bo- dy was natural at firft, but after two or three days continuance of the difeafe, it was much under the natural flandard, and often accompanied with cold fweats. Obflinate coftivenefs always prevailed, and the com- mon means to procure ftools were often employed with unremitting afiiduity for four or five days to no purpofe. I have been Called to fome patients who had been in torture for feven days without having had a flool; and I vifited one the eighth day, who had not had an evacuation by flool all that time, but it was then too late to afford him any relief for a mortification of his bowels had taken place, and he died the next day. The fatal termination of the above cafe, in this way, induced me afterwards to take eight or twelve ounces of blood from fobuft people at the commencement of the difeafe.—Few cafes, however, occurred that required venefe&ion, as the people afRi&ed with it had generally a pale yellow complexion, and were more or lefs fwelled or bloated from drinking grog, drams, of