Facts and observations, relative to the origin, progress and nature of the fever : which prevailed in certain parts of the city and districts of Philadelphia, in the summer and autumn of the present year, (1802) / by William Currie & Isaac Cathrall ; to which is added, a summary of the rise and progress of the disease in Wilmington / communicated by Dr. E. A. Smith & Dr. John Vaughan.
- William Currie
- Date:
- 1802
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Facts and observations, relative to the origin, progress and nature of the fever : which prevailed in certain parts of the city and districts of Philadelphia, in the summer and autumn of the present year, (1802) / by William Currie & Isaac Cathrall ; to which is added, a summary of the rise and progress of the disease in Wilmington / communicated by Dr. E. A. Smith & Dr. John Vaughan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![on board a brig called the Esperanza, which had lain in port all winter, and was at this time so situ- ated in the dock that her stern almost touched the starboard bow of the St. Domingo Packet. John Edwards, ship carpenter, who was the first victim to the yellow fever, was at that time at work in the stern of the brig Esperanza. On Saturday the 3d of July the Packet was com- mitted to the care of Mr. Norris, shipwright, to re- pair ; and on the 6th of July, the day after the cele- bration of the anniversary of American Independence she was hove down, after which Mr. Norris and six hands were employed about her for several days, without being affected in any degree jn their health. John Edwards, who according to the testimony of Messrs. Mackason and Grice worked in the stern of the brig Esperanza, very near to the starboard bow of the St. Domingo Packet, [See appendix, No. 4.] was attacked with violent feverish symp- toms on Sunday the 4th of July, and died on the 7th, having vomitted black matter the day before his de- cease, as we were informed by his sister-in-law, and the woman who nursed his widow, who was brought to bed a few days before his decease. Immediately after the Packet came to the end of Stewart's wharf, on a line with Mr. William Brown's bake-house, which stands between the wharf and Water-street, Richard Essex, who was at work in the bake-house, called to John Crosly, a baker em- ployed in the same bake-house, and told him Tous- saint was come back ; upon which he went down with him to the vessel, to see the image of the noted black general Toussaint, which she carried at her head. When they came near enough to see the figure, Crosly remarked that the black gentleman had turned white since they had seen him. The figure had been painted white in the Cape, to avoid giving offence to the French general. These men were well acquainted with the ship and some of thd men, as she had laid at the same wharf for some time](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21112630_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
