A meteorological journal of the year 1799, kept in London / by William Bent.

  • William Bent
Date:
[1800]
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Credit: A meteorological journal of the year 1799, kept in London / by William Bent. 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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    E *5 ] Remarks on the State of //;(? Air, Vegetation^ ^c, in June. 6. PEONY flowers, and mulberry tree foliates.— lo. Honeyfuckle and rofe de meux flowers.—23. Elder tree flowers.—27. Scarlet ftrawberries gathered.—Though but little rain fell in this month, the air was not to be deemed dry, the hygrometer being never lefs than 46, and its meanflate 53. Rain 59 hundredths of an inch, Observations on the Diseases in June. APHTHOUS ulcerations of the mouth ftiU continued to prevail; and rheu- matic fever became more frequent than in the lafl: month. Inflammation of the eyes was very common ; in fome inftances occafioning extreme pain, which did not abate for two or three days, even where local as well as gene- ral bleeding was made ufe of: fmall ulcerations of the eyelids were alfo fre- quent. Eryfipelas was occafionally met with, and, on the whole, fevere. Toward the end of the month meafles began to fpread; but as the weather was moderate the fymptoms did not run high, and the cough, which is com- monly fevere, was foon removed. Smallpox was likewife favorable. The burials from the 28th of May to the 2d of July, were 1404; and from the 2d of April to the 2d of July 4325, being 1080 lefs than in the former three months.
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