A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia: with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States / [Mathew Carey].

  • Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Date:
1793
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Credit: A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia: with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States / [Mathew Carey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. Philadelphiai Nov. 14, 1793* HE favourable reception given to the imper- JL feci account of the fever which I lately pub- lifhed, and the particular defire of fome of my friends, have induced me to undertake a more fatisfaclory hiftory of it, in order to collect together, while facia are recent, as many of the mofl interefiing occurrences as I could, for the information of the public. I have not attempted any embellifhment or ornament of flile ; but have alone aimed at tel¬ ling plain truths in plain language. I have taken every precaution to arrive at the truth; and hope the errors in the account, will not be found numerous. For the defultory plan of fome part of the