Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1174

MATHEW CAREY (1760-1839) 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. Printed by the author 1794 4th ed. 164 pp. 20.8 cm.

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Yellow fever was endemic throughout most of the eastern seaboard for several decades of the eighteenth century. New York and Philadelphia were stricken by the disease in the 1790s with great loss of life and economic disruption. This edition, published in January, contains accounts of the plague in London and Marseilles as well as a list of the dead from August 1 through mid-December, 1793.

Cited references: Austin 413; Cushing C90 (2nd ed., 1793); Garrison-Morton 5451 (1st ed., 1793); Wellcome II, p. 301

Gift of John Martin, M.D.