An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 / by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the institutes, and of clinical medicine in the University of Pennsylvania.
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
- Date:
- MDCCXCIV [1794]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 / by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the institutes, and of clinical medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![epidemic. ‘The weather continued to be warm and dry. There was a heavy rain on the 25th of the month, which was remembered by the citi- zens of Philadelphia as the laft that fell, for many weeks afterwards. There was fomething in the heat and drought of the fummer months, which was uncommon in their influence upon the human body. La- bourers every where gave out (to ufe the coun- try phrafe) in harveft, and frequently too: when the mercury in Fahrenheit’s thermometer was un- der 84°. It was afcribed by the country people to the calmnefs of the weather, which left the {weat produced by heat and labour, to dry flowly upon the body. The crops of grain and grafs were impaired by the drought. The fummer fruits were as plentiful as ufual, particularly the melons, which were of an excellent quality. The influence of the weather upon the autumnal fruits, and upon vegetation in general, fhall be mentioned hereafter. I beg pardon for the length of this introduéion. Some parts of it, I] hope, will not ois ufelefs in the fequel of this work. Bg Lnew é](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32887243_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
