An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm.

  • Chisholm, Colin, 1755-1825.
Date:
1795
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Credit: An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794 / by C. Chisholm. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    November—Was much the fame, but without heavy rain. No account taken of the rainy days. Wind, 30 days Northerly. Therm. H. 847 ^ n L. 82 }M' 83 December. This month in general pleafant and temperate during the day; but the fudden change in the temperature of the air during the night, rendered that feafon difagreeable. Thermometer generally fell to 74 degrees in the night. Earthquake on the 2,2,a\. Rainy days, 4, £, 12, 13, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 30, 31 . * 23, 24 . . . Wind, I 28 ^ N.E. Therm. H. 84 } M g 9 I 3 days S. W. L. 78 J * jT- 1785. January. This year began with rain: a circumltance very uncommon. The at- mofphere, though generally clear, was cool. Rainy days, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 . . Wind, 31 days Northerly. Therm. H. 82 ) A/r Q r L. 80] ' February. Except one day, the whole of February was dry, with fometimes a ful-