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

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
MDCCXCIV [i.e. 1794]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 / By Benjamin Rush. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an hemorrhage from the nofe came on, and on the morning of the 1ath he died. On the 7th of this month I was called to vifit Richard Palmer, a fon of Mrs Palmer in Chef- nut-ftreet. He had been indifpofed for feve- ral days with a fick ftomach and vomiting after eating. He now complained of a fever and head- ach. I gave him the ufual remedies for the bilious fever, and he recovered in a few days. On the 1sth day of the fame month, I was fent for to vifit his brother William, who was feized with all the fymptoms of the fame diforder. On the 5th day his head-ach became extremely acute, and_his pulfe fell to fixty {trokes in a minute. I fufpe&ted congeftion to have taken place in his brain, and ordered him to lofe eight ounces of blood. His pulfe became more frequent, and lefs tenfe after bleeding, and he recovered in a day or two after- wards. ; On the 14th day of this month I was fent for to vifit Mrs Leaming, the wife of Mr Thomas Lea- ming. I fufpected at firft that fhe had the influ. enza, but in a day or two, her fever put on bili- ous fymptoms. She was affected with an uncom- mon difpofition to faint. Her pulfe was languid, but zenfe. I took a few ounces of blood from her, and