An account of the malignant fever, lalely [sic] prevalent in the city of New-York / by James Hardie, A.M. ; copy-right secured according to act of Congress.

  • Hardie, James, 1758-1826.
Date:
1799
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Credit: An account of the malignant fever, lalely [sic] prevalent in the city of New-York / by James Hardie, A.M. ; copy-right secured according to act of Congress. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T H E P R E F A C I OOON after the commencement of the h nam Fever in our city, a fhort account of whrch i laid before the Public, two of my particular friends were feized with all its fymptoms. On them,* I thought it my duty to attend, that I might render futh affiftar.ee as lay in my power. A few days after the dif ' to fpread its direful influence in the vicinity of my of refidence, and I refolved to pay the fame attention to my neighbours as I was willing to do to my fj It 'For this refolution,however, I claim no merit: For as the Situation of my family was fuch as to render it improper, at leaft inconvenient to move, and finding myfelf fur- rounded with peftilence, I firmly believed, that I was equally fafe, while performing the common duties of hu- manity, to the afflicted, as fitting ufelefs in my own ap- nenl; nay more, had I remained inactive, my mifcd might have become a prey to melancholy, and I ihould, in all probability, haye been oppreffed with fear, than which there is not a greater predifponent caufe to difor- der, nor perhaps an equal caufe in making its termina- tion fatal. Rcafoning in, this manner, and trufting in Divine Providence for protection, I therefore detcrmi- ne'd to make no hefitation in vifuing any fick petfon to wham I could be ufeful.