Observations on jail, hospital, or ship fever : from the 4th April, 1776, until the 30th April, 1789, made in various parts of Europe and America, and on the intermediate seas / by Robert Robertson ...

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1789
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Credit: Observations on jail, hospital, or ship fever : from the 4th April, 1776, until the 30th April, 1789, made in various parts of Europe and America, and on the intermediate seas / by Robert Robertson ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    \ July. Excepting the and i6th, when it was EN E, the wind varied backwards and forwards from S W round to N W, until the 18th, with moderate gales ; from the 9th to the 16th calms A M. It then got round to the N E, till the 21 ft, when it varied, and was calm part of the day. It again came to SW, blow-^ ing moderately with litde variation until the 29th; A M commonly calm, after which it was variable, ift, light Ihowers, t /; 2d, ditto, /; 4th, iith, 12th, ftiowers, //; 5th, 17th, 22d, 24th, 26th, 28th, 31ft, light ihowers; 7th, /; 9th, 16th, Ihowers; 21 ft, light Ihowers, /; 29th, hard fhowers. The atmofphere was cloudy and clear alter- nately, but not.quite regularly fo every other day. The moon was full the ift, changed the 15th, and was full the 30th. The mean height of the thermometer was about 66 deg. —It was lov/er in the city at noon, than in the lower town, or on board of our Ihip. The Tick lift varied little, but increafed 17- >vards tlie middle of the month ; from which time it decreafed until the 26th, when it in- Part L ‘ crcafed;