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Particulars Of The Plague In Philadelphia.
PARTICULARS OF THE PLAGUE IN PHILADELPHIA .
The following is extracted from a Letter to a respectable House in Liverpool and its authenticity may be depended upon . ,. Philadelphia , i jth Month 18 thi 79 ?
, . RESPECTED FRIENDS , A S our correspondence ' with most of our friends both at home and jyy ^ abroad , _ has been interrupted , on our part , for pearly three months past , it is proper that we should account to them for so extiaordmary a suspension , and give some account of our late and
pre-In the earl y part of August , it was discovered , that a pestilential fever was raging m the north-east parts of that city . The Col W e of Physictans . net to deliberate on it , and published their opinion and advice on the subject , part of which was a precaution , generally underwit P ° H f S r \ USediQ the East (* Which we know from histoTy was used m London ) , m times when the plague rages ; that is that every house wherein a sick
person was , should be mfrked , to Jeven Pthers from entering . This was sufficient to alarm the ' inhabitant " to 4 tLXCKe Ki en' 0 r : / gl'eat Vfl'iety 0 f > ack Preventatives were offered to the public and some placed confidence in them . The disorder however , quickl y spread to other parts of the city , and threatened to become general .- it was so mortal in the
beginning , that few survived the -third aud fifth , and it could not be ascertained for some time , whet . iei any person had survived the ei ghth day ; , to be taken , was considered nearly the same as to be dead : hence ' , there was a general abat doning oftne sick to the . care of . the Blacks , who were supposed not liable to the mfe & on . The nearest conn ^ ri ™ . « , ;_! , . ~ Zl . - '
tions would not visit the chambers of their sick friends . ' P " ™ Siih J iysic ' ? dlJfered about t ] le m ° de of treating the disorder , and rSff ? PPSlte systc ™ - >™* Y of them were taken sick , and t became difficult to procure a visit ; many were left to their own opin ons and adopted the mode published b y the Ph ysician that stood ffiS their esteem , and many perished without any aid at all . In thfs skua at Part thC bitantS fled t 0 * e '
£ nf tT ° in ^ county in every d ec . hZ'CVi ' ° T taken Whhthe d ^ ' d ^ ^ nd died / put we have heard no instance of any person , who had previously resided in the country taking tlie infection from them . Some few , from an app e hens . on of duty more for the security of their property , and yet more hecause hey had not the means of removal , or aplaU to rS , ve to Ill r TV U 1 S com P uted that above one ' third of the whole nurnber of . nhabitants went away . Those who staid were cautious ho v they went about the streets , , o that the city appeared in a degree tote
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Particulars Of The Plague In Philadelphia.
PARTICULARS OF THE PLAGUE IN PHILADELPHIA .
The following is extracted from a Letter to a respectable House in Liverpool and its authenticity may be depended upon . ,. Philadelphia , i jth Month 18 thi 79 ?
, . RESPECTED FRIENDS , A S our correspondence ' with most of our friends both at home and jyy ^ abroad , _ has been interrupted , on our part , for pearly three months past , it is proper that we should account to them for so extiaordmary a suspension , and give some account of our late and
pre-In the earl y part of August , it was discovered , that a pestilential fever was raging m the north-east parts of that city . The Col W e of Physictans . net to deliberate on it , and published their opinion and advice on the subject , part of which was a precaution , generally underwit P ° H f S r \ USediQ the East (* Which we know from histoTy was used m London ) , m times when the plague rages ; that is that every house wherein a sick
person was , should be mfrked , to Jeven Pthers from entering . This was sufficient to alarm the ' inhabitant " to 4 tLXCKe Ki en' 0 r : / gl'eat Vfl'iety 0 f > ack Preventatives were offered to the public and some placed confidence in them . The disorder however , quickl y spread to other parts of the city , and threatened to become general .- it was so mortal in the
beginning , that few survived the -third aud fifth , and it could not be ascertained for some time , whet . iei any person had survived the ei ghth day ; , to be taken , was considered nearly the same as to be dead : hence ' , there was a general abat doning oftne sick to the . care of . the Blacks , who were supposed not liable to the mfe & on . The nearest conn ^ ri ™ . « , ;_! , . ~ Zl . - '
tions would not visit the chambers of their sick friends . ' P " ™ Siih J iysic ' ? dlJfered about t ] le m ° de of treating the disorder , and rSff ? PPSlte systc ™ - >™* Y of them were taken sick , and t became difficult to procure a visit ; many were left to their own opin ons and adopted the mode published b y the Ph ysician that stood ffiS their esteem , and many perished without any aid at all . In thfs skua at Part thC bitantS fled t 0 * e '
£ nf tT ° in ^ county in every d ec . hZ'CVi ' ° T taken Whhthe d ^ ' d ^ ^ nd died / put we have heard no instance of any person , who had previously resided in the country taking tlie infection from them . Some few , from an app e hens . on of duty more for the security of their property , and yet more hecause hey had not the means of removal , or aplaU to rS , ve to Ill r TV U 1 S com P uted that above one ' third of the whole nurnber of . nhabitants went away . Those who staid were cautious ho v they went about the streets , , o that the city appeared in a degree tote