An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 / [Benjamin Rush].

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
1796
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Credit: An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 / [Benjamin Rush]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    courfe with that part of the city. The Difpenfary — phyficians tell me, that out of the large number of a fick now under the care of that charitable inftitution, they have had but one perfon afflifted with this fe- ver. In the Pennfylvania Hofpital, the diforder does not exift.. The difeafe appears differently in different perfons 5. it puts on all the intermediate forms between a mild remittent and the worft fpecies of T'yphus Gravior.. I enclofe you a copy of the proceedings of the col- lege Of. phyficians, which contains their recommen- dation of the means. for preventing the future. pro- grefs of the difeafe. I am, with the greateft refpect, Your moft obedient fervant,. paar oar N: J. HUTCHINSON.. The difeafe continued to fpread, and with adegree - of mortality that had been long unknown by common: fevers. On the 25th of the month,. the college of phyfi-- cians was f{ummoned by their prefident to meet, in. order to confult about the beft methods for treating this fever, and of checking its progrefs in the city.. After fome confideration upon the nature of the dif-. eafe, a committee was appointed to draw up fome dire€tions for thofe purpofes ; and the next day the: following were prefented. to the college, and adopted. - unanimoufly by them. They were afterwards pus blifhed in moft of the newfpapers. PuILADELPHIA, Augufl 26th 1793. Tue college of phyficians having taken into confi- deration the malignant-and contagious fever that now prevails in this city, have agreed to recommend to- their fellow citizens the following means of prevent- ing its progrefs. St otk