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
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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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The following is an account of the number who died, with the Yellow Fever, in New-Haven, in the different months of the year 1794'• ' .'t- ' June, 6 July, ' 3 Auguff, September, 26 ( Oftober, 12 November, I Total 64 Of this number, forty-eight vomited matter rc- fembling coffee-grounds, or port wine. There were about a hundred and fixty perfons who bad the Yellow Fever. Three perfons recovered who vomited matter like coffee-grounds; but none re- covered, that I remember, who vomited matter re- fembling port wine. Some vomited a vifeid, tough mucus, fimilar to the white of an egg ; others, matter like chocolate, which were as fatal as the black vomit. i “ In refpeft to the origin and nature of the difeafe under confideration, I efteera it jufti- fiable to reafon from fafts alone. I am fully of opinion that the Yellow Fever is feldom or never generated in this country, [but] that it is Alwayz