Medical and physical memoirs, containing, among other subjects, a particular enquiry into the origin and nature of the late pestilential epidemics of the United States / [Charles Caldwell].

  • Charles Caldwell
Date:
1801
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Credit: Medical and physical memoirs, containing, among other subjects, a particular enquiry into the origin and nature of the late pestilential epidemics of the United States / [Charles Caldwell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    % C 54 ] arrangement, (a deviation prompted by a spi- rit of avarice,) has done an injury, not only to the appearance, but to the healthfulneSs of the city. The truth of this last remark is confirmed by recent events, which the distress that accompanied them, has imprinted indelibly on the memory of the public. It was in the fermenting atmosphere of these depressed situations, that the seeds of our late epidemics were chiefly engendered. In consequence of intersecting every square of the city by one or more alleys, too great a proportion of the ground is cover- ed by houses. Had the squares been built on, only round their four sides, and had their centres been cultivated in gardens and grass plots in- stead of being covered by clusters of houses, such a disposition of things would have en- sured a more, free circulation, greater purity, and a lower temperature to the atmosphere of our city. It is further to be lamented, that we have not a greater number of public squares and walks, planted with trees and shrubs, especially as such an arrangement would con* tribute equally to utility and ornament.
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