A treatise on the plague and yellow fever. With an appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720; &c / By James Tytler.

James Tytler

Date:: 1799

Credit: A treatise on the plague and yellow fever. With an appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720; &c / By James Tytler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$“ Re PENDIX bark in the Eagle cruifer next morning for Buithires as the only chance of fave ing his life; and a converfation which I overheard to this effect, that as I wa fo very ill, and no hopes of my recovery, it would be better to leave me tod is ‘at Bufforah, made me ftill more anxious to fly from the place, although I r a member well I had not the moft diftant hope that I could live. Thad fufs fered much at the factory, and in the peevithnefs of illnefs 1 thought ( perhaps unjuitly) that my living or dying feemed to be a matter of too little confes a quence to thofe whom in henitle I had: steated mrithiamoony ‘Rindnefs and afe a fection, RT ee About ten o’clock, as I was lyin: in 1 my cot, on a terrace adjoinidg’ the “3 ftairs from whence the boat was to put off; I was feized with fuch aaincriiey, palpitation, ftarting, difficulty of utterance from the fwelling of my tongues that I lay in momentary expedation of breathing my laft. This was, howevery ‘probably the caufe of my hearing the preparations for the departure of the | boat. .About midnight they were leaving the thore » Ecould not make nik * felf heard, and I was too weak to get. up without help. I made feveral € . forts, and at laft overfet the cot I was lying upon, and brought myfelfto the @oor, from whence I crawled on my hands.and knees to the tide of the river. 2 Humanity pleaded for me, and 1 was taken into. the boat, in a fiuation a wretchednefs } never can forget. We were, after being feveral ‘hours on \ Euphrates, carried on board the Eagle, oppofite to: Margil, a seipep ies ectee: 4 a ; belonging to the faétory, a few miles ditant from Bufforah. i Re _r2th. The day was uncommonly hot, and my: fever came upon me ite ten o’clock. The heat was intenfe. Mr.. » @ young unéxperienced — Frenchman, gave me tamarind water and cream of tartar, which had not @ good effect. {| now difcerned the firft fymptom of acold fit; but it was). flight and of ‘hort duration. This day, however, I fupported the: fever rae ther better than ufual, and in the evening had a thort intermiffion, and Nlept alittle during the night. The air on the river was this day cooler and Fyeah xefrefhing than om fhore. r3th. About eleven o’clock had a regular’ cold fhivering: fit, fuccecded br a very fevere hot fever, which continued till five in the evening, when I wa fomewhat relieved by- perfpiration.. This day the agony of the hot fit was f inexpreffible, with great pain: in my loins, and aconftant inclination hikes en water, which came from me in ii like blood. FF had avery bad, fleeple night. Gad. a A eS t pecan tars ui r4th. By Mr, ———’s adeine 7 took a tiofe e tartar nesbties Gavriel: noe working, he gave me fome ipecacuanha. 1 brought up a great deal of biley 4 but the fever increafingy my fufferings under it were greatly increafed je xh oneranan of the emetic, which worked powerfully both upwards and. down- b wards. This wasatrying day indeed. I can-give no idea of what 1 fuf+ fered, whech mut have been intolerable, attended with intervals of delirium’ and frequently fwoonings About five the fever began to abate alittle, and and atfix Mr. gave me a.{mal] dofe of decoction of bark, vehich feems ed inffantly to cautfe a return of the tever, heat, thirft, ‘anxiety and paith ber My. fetlow-fufierer, Mr. Abraham, was in violent agony this day; he eried eut repeatedly that a fire was confuming his bowels, and that he was in ex= guifite torture. . The captain of the cruifer had. been complaining; hey Mre Abraham and myfetf lay in the fame cabin. About 4 o’clock inthe afters “ey Sa: ut tion to drop myfelf from:a “port-hole which was under the ‘captain’s Bed) into the river, I had nearly accomplithed my purpofe, when the caps’ tain perceived me, and had me carried into my bed. & was not delirious; and, in fpite of all my refolution, the agony E fuffered this day made me *, yepeatedly fcream.out.. Onevof our feamen died fuddenly, and sre pistes fe ch was told, initantly flowed from all parts of his body. This evening we arrived at Buthire) On our coming to an anchor Me Abraham was immediately carried athore ; but I was too ill to be moveds: ~ ain accordingly followed in the morning with Sart: Sheriff, after a very fevere, fleeplefs night. The heat was fo'exceffive this day that even the natives we had on board funtg wider ity and many of them daca ftruck down with the fun. » By noon nobody could ‘ of %$