Additional facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever / by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date:: 1806

Credit: Additional facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever / by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$A. Several veflels have arrived at this port, that have loft part of their crews in the Weft Indies; and fome Tick at the time of their failing, who either recovered or died before the arrival of the veflel in this port, at which time the remaining feamen were healthy, and no ficknefs on board for ten or twen- ty days ; but when ihofe fame feamen were engag- ed in difeharging the cargo, fome of them fickened and died of Yellow Fever. This pent-up air of the hold was no doubt fimilar to that in the unhealthy port from which they came, and to which their fhip- mates fell a facrifice in the Weft Indies. The (hip General Wayne which arrived here in the year 1799, is a memorable, as well as a ftital cafe to il- luftrate this faft : on her arrival one of her feamen was fick with Yellow Fever, who died a few days af- ter his admiflion into the Marine hofpital; the re- maining crew, about twenty-two in number, were healthy, and continued fo until eight days after, when a paflenger fickened with the fame difeafe. The fhip was detained eighteen days at quarantine from the time that the laft fick man was removed to the hofpital; all the crew continuing healthy, ihe was permitted to proceed to the city fno ftorcs be- ing built at Staten Ifland at that time to receive the cargoes of infefted veffels, no part of the General Wayne’s was removed while ftie remained at qua- rantine) where, in a few days after flie came to a wharf. a. I \ : ip' 'if ] / Ay.$