Remarks on the frequency and character of the pneumonias of 1890 : an address delivered before the New York Academy of Medicine, April 17, 1890 / by William Pepper.

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1890
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    [Reprinted from The Medical News, July 5. 1890.] REMARKS ON THE FREQUENCY AN DCHARACTER OF THE PNEUMON IAS OF 1890. An Address delivered before the New York Academy of Medicine, April ij, 18go. By WILLIAM PEPPER, M.D., LL.D., OF PHILADELPHIA. In attempting to give, in the few minutes at my dis- posal, a statement of the prevalence and peculiarities of pneumonia as it has presented itself in Philadelphia during the epidemic of influenza, I have tried to secure some reliable statistics by addressing nearly three thousand circulars to the physicians living in Philadel- phia. To these I have had 272 replies, each more or less full. Dr. Benjamin Lee, the Secretary of the State Board of Health of Pennsylvania, has kindly given me the following returns, extending up to April 5th, as made to that Board, of the pandemic of influenza : Total number of physicians giving returns • 187 i 6 a adults affected 19,868 U i( children “ 8,258 Total 28,126 Total number of nervous (as per returns) . 5.275 i < U catarrhal “ . 13.249 U < ( inflammatory “ . 4.976 u << deaths, directly caused . • 36 “ a “ indirectly “ • 147 Total 183 Immediate cause of death, bronchitis 4 << “ pneumonia 86 6i ‘‘ phthisis . 24 < t “ nervous symptoms 12