History and description of an epidemic fever, commonly called spotted fever, which prevailed at Gardiner, Maine, in the spring of 1814 / by E. Hale, jr.

Date:
1818
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Credit: History and description of an epidemic fever, commonly called spotted fever, which prevailed at Gardiner, Maine, in the spring of 1814 / by E. Hale, jr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Page General remarks 1 Face of the country, of the District of Maine . . 3 Climate 4 Situation of Gardiner 6 Its inhabitants • 8 Prevailing Diseases .10 Sketch of Diseases from 1813 to 1817 ... 15 Cases of fever in 1817 24 CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE EPIDEMIC. Its prevalence in the vicinity .... 29 Commencement in Gardiner 30 Termination 32 Other Diseases 33 Connexion of the Epidemic with changes of weather 34 Meteorological and Pathological Tables ... 38 CHAPTER II. DESCRIPTION AND SYMPTOMS OP THE FEVER. General description 49 Division into stages 50 Access 51 Rapidity of the attack 51