Observations on the inflammatory endemic, incidental to strangers in the West Indies from temperate climates commonly called the yellow fever ... to which is added an appendix, containing abstracts of official reports upon West India fevers / [Nodes Dickinson].

  • Dickinson, Nodes, 1776-1855
Date:
1819
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Credit: Observations on the inflammatory endemic, incidental to strangers in the West Indies from temperate climates commonly called the yellow fever ... to which is added an appendix, containing abstracts of official reports upon West India fevers / [Nodes Dickinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yet have the facts themselves been attentively observed and faithfully recorded. Considerable advantage has, therefore, been derived from the communication of this diversity of sentiment; inasmuch as more sa- tisfactory conclusions must be expected from the accumulated experience of several ob- servers, although opponents in theory, than from the more limited research of a single inquirer. The Yellow Fever has lately received the attention of many able men. Still, however, it does not appear to excite that general in- terest in this country, which, as a question very closely connected with the cause of hu- manity and medical science, it should seem to deserve. Several circumstances have combined to arrest the ardor of research into the nature of this subject. Many devoted to the pur- suit of medical science, have alleged, that an examination into the evidence adduced on