Yellow or malignant bilious fever in the vicinity of South Street wharf, Philadelphia, 1853 : read before the College of Physicians Aug. 3 and Sept. 7, 1853 : with an appendix / by Wilson Jewell.
- Jewell, Wilson, 1800-1867
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Yellow or malignant bilious fever in the vicinity of South Street wharf, Philadelphia, 1853 : read before the College of Physicians Aug. 3 and Sept. 7, 1853 : with an appendix / by Wilson Jewell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2. That none of the seamen discharged from the Mandarin have sickened. 3. That none of the laborers employed in unloading the Man- darin have taken the disease. 4. That the fever did not develop itself until after the cargo was discharged; when, it is believed, the noxious emanations which had been latent in the hold, under the limbers of the vessel, had an opportunity (acted upon by certain exciting causes, as heat and moisture) to disseminate itself, and, coming into contact with other elements of decomposition existing on shore and in the docks, soon poisoned the atmosphere of the immediate neighborhood where the barque lay moored. 5. That in no instance can the disease be traced to any indi- vidual, except among those who either visited or resided in the immediate vicinity of South and Lombard Street Wharves. 6. In no case has the disease been communicated to any person visiting, or engaged in attendance upon the sick. 7. Up to this period, not a single instance can be met with, having its origin to the south of where the Mandarin lay last. [Read September 7,1851] Since our communication of August 8, read before the College, on the subject of yellow fever in this city, we have come into possession of some additional particulars, and a number of new cases that are well authenticated, and beg leave to submit them for your consideration. On the 26th of July, as already stated in our first communica- tion, the barque Mandarin, by order of the Board of Health, was taken in charge by the health officer, ¥m. McGlensey, Esq., who put on board of her a crew of five men, including the watchman. These men remained on board from the 26th up to the 29th of July, when she was safely anchored inside the island of Little Tinicum, opposite the Lazaretto, and placed in charge of the quarantine master. Neither the health officer nor any of his men, nor did the watchman who remained on board until after her purification and return to the city, experience an hour's sick- ness.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21133463_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
