Observations on Doctor Mackrill's History of the yellow fever, &c / by a gentleman of the faculty.

  • Wiesenthal, Andrew, 1762-1798
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MDCCXCVI [1796]
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Credit: Observations on Doctor Mackrill's History of the yellow fever, &c / by a gentleman of the faculty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >5 ] cate the difeafe; but no inftance of this can be traced.* This is one argument which Doctor Mackriil advances in maintainance of his firft propofi- tion. I do not mean to queftion the veracity of the pofition; but certainly, if there was not more cogent evidence of its truth than what is contained in the paragraph juft quoted, the matter might (till wear a very queftionable fhape. It would have been infinitely more conclufive, had the author proved the impoffi- bility of importing the common Weft-India Yellow Fever, by fhewing that it is net con- tagious. Another argument made ufe of by the Doc- tor, to prove the diffimilarity of the difeafes, is, that the fever which prevailed in Philadel- phia, would not bear the fame method of treat- ment which prevails in that of the Weft-Indies. Let us take a fair and impartial view of this fubject, and fee how far this aiTertion is con- fonant to fact. In page 6, we are informed that bark and wine conftitute almoft the unicum remedium— and are what the author calls by the fignifi- cant epithet of meet anchor, in the Weft- India Yellow Fever. The nature and caufes of this difeafe have been a fubject of a diverfity of opinion, as the
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