Some observations upon diseases : chiefly as they occur in Sicily / by William Irvine.

  • Irvine, William, 1776-1811.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Some observations upon diseases : chiefly as they occur in Sicily / by William Irvine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    OBSEMVATIOMS, '' cWJ(#]»Eii^l.. On theGtwmte of Sicily, The island of Sicily lies between 36* 25' and 38° 25' of North latitude, and between 12° 5' and 16° 5' of East longitude. Its climate is seldom very cold in winter, while in summer it is always op- pressively hot. Till autumn little rain falls after the month of April; after the month of May almost none. Towards the end of August, or be- ginning of September, the rains begin: but the heat continues great till the middle of the latter month, after which it rapidly declines. In. June and July fevers are frequent, and have much of an inflam- matory type. In August and September they are still more common, and begin to be accompanied with more debility. From that time dysenteries increase in numbers; but after the end of-October B