Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever, which prevailed in this city, in 1793, 1797, and 1798 / by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- Date:
- 1798
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever, which prevailed in this city, in 1793, 1797, and 1798 / 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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![We can clearly trace the rife and progrefs of the difeafe at that place to this veffelj [Note M.] and al- fo the firfl; appearance of it in forae other parts of the city to perfons who had been on board her. [Note N. J . On the fixth day of Auguft, the College recom- mended to the managers of the Marine and City hofpitals, that all the velTels lying between Walnut and Spruce ftreets lliould be removed to a proper diftance from the city ; inftead of which they were dillributed indiferiminately to the other wharves, except in one inftance, mofl of them being fent to the upper parts of the city. I From the many fources of contagion above enu- merated, exifting at the fame time, and being fo generally fpread, it is not furprifing that the difeafe had fuch an extenfive operation; and it is to this extraordinary circumftance that we alfo aferibe the introduftion and prevalence of this difeafe at Chef- ter, [Note O.] Wilmington and Marcus-hook. A difeafe fo fatal and fo deflruftivc, has natural- ly direfted the public attention to difeover the means of preventing its future recurrence. And as men are generally inclined to aferibe effefts to fur- rounding circumllances; fo in the prefent cafe a variety](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22391526_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
