An account of the late epidemic ague : particularly as it appeared in the neighbourhood of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, in the year 1784 ... to which are added, some observations on a dysentery that prevailed at the same time.

  • Coley, William
Date:
1785
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Credit: An account of the late epidemic ague : particularly as it appeared in the neighbourhood of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, in the year 1784 ... to which are added, some observations on a dysentery that prevailed at the same time. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    weight of the frozen fnow. The river Severn was frozen over in many places, and rendered linnavigable for a long time. After this frod and fnow, though they were dilfolved in the mod fa- vourable manner, very large floods fucceeded in every part contiguous to rivers, which continued many days- Tfie ground in every fituation for a long rime afterwards was very cold and wet: at the fame time there was a chilly or cold air* with a N. or N. E. wind (except for a few days], without any rain ’till the 10th of May, on which day the atmofphere was uncommonly Warm and fuhry. In the afternoon of this day, violent thunder-dorms fuddenly poured from the clouds: and thefe were fucceeded by very condant heavy rain, which continued all night, and part of the following day. Indeed throughout the whole of the following month, we had rain more or lefs almod daily, with a S. or S. W. wind: but with the beginning of July fine weather again returned, though during great part of that D month
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