Appendix V. to the second report on quarantine : report of Dr. W.H. Burrell on the plague of Malta in 1813.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health
Date:
1854
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Credit: Appendix V. to the second report on quarantine : report of Dr. W.H. Burrell on the plague of Malta in 1813. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    63 « On the 2d of June, whilst cruising, a fourth sailor was taken ill, and besides tlie general symptoms of the malady, which had been observed on the three other sailors, this one had a swelling under the right ai-m, and on the 9th of June he died. In consequence of which the physician made his ofEcial report to the captain, stating that he considered the malady which had prevailed on board to be a contagious • pestilential disease. The commander made his report instantly to the senior officer, who commanded the 'Ezechielle,' and received orders to proceed to Malta and place himself under the sanitary regulations of that Lazaretto for the safety of the crew and for the duly depurating the frigate * Castor' under his command. It is not known whether the sailors attacked had formed part of the prize crew on board the corvette or not. No new cases of plague occurred on board or at the Lazaretto dui-ing the Castor's quarantine. (Four guardians were embarked.) 1835. Russian Brig 'Soiohia Elena' from Alexandria. On the 2d of May ]835, the Russian Brig 'Sophia Elena,' Demetrio Fiorio, master, arrived from Alexandria with a foul Bin of Health, bound for Leghorn, with thirteen persons in crew, originally fifteen in number. The master of the ' Sophia Elena' deposed on oath ' That he ' sailed from -Alexandi-ia on the 18th of April for Leghorn ; that ' whilst at Alexandi-ia on the 11th of April, one of the four sailors ' whom he had there embarked fell overboard into the sea, and ' on the same day he was taken ill with a pain in his chest; that ' the master having administered to him some physic, and by ' applying leeches, the man felt himself better, and continued ' in a convalescent state until the day of his departure from ' Alexandria, the 18th of April, but on the following day ' he got worse, and about midnight died. On the following * morning the corpse was examined, but no external marks of ' plague appeared, and both the corpse and clothes were thrown ' overboard. ' On the 25th of April, whilst in the vicinity of Candia, * another sailor was iU with pain in his chest, extreme debility, and ' spitting of blood, and continued daily getting worse until the ' 2Sth, on which day he died. On examination of the corpse * several blue spots were observed on it. On the 1st of May, being near Girgenti, a third sailor was * taken ill with violent headache, and a general debility, and ' remained in that state until ten o'clock a.im. of the following ' day, 2d of May, and just when the ' Sophia Elena' was about ' entering the Quarantine Harbour of Malta, he expired. (30) E