A description of the influenza : with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D. and Fellow of the Royal Medicinal Society of Edingburgh.

  • Hamilton, Robert, 1749-1830.
Date:
1782
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Credit: A description of the influenza : with its distinction and method of cure / by R. Hamilton, M.D. and Fellow of the Royal Medicinal Society of Edingburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    northward of us, and now and then darning one againft another, driving off large fparks, producing a great and fudden glance, which enlightned the ftreet of the village for an inftant, as if the fun had fhone forth ; yet the thunder was at a considerable diftance, as we could eafily afcertain by the interval between the lightning and the peal. From this we concluded ourfelves in no danger, and flood with the lefs concern to view the uncommon appearance it produced. We prefaged, that over the places where the fire balls part, there muft be damage fuflained, and almofl the next poft con- firmed our fufpicions ; for not only houfes were burned, but feveral perfons loft their lives, and many trees were mattered to pieces. Nearly about the fame time the Influenza made its appearance in London, and the country