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
To which are added,
ACCOUNTS
Of the Plague in London and Marseilles;
AND A LIST OF THE DEAD
From August 1, to the middle of December, 1793
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By MATHEW CAREY
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Fourth Edition, Improved
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PHILADELPHIA:
Printed by the Author January 16, 1794

 

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Description	Date	Date
Introduction And Prefaces	8K	Mar 2005
State of Philadelphia previous to the appearance of the malignant fever with a few observations on some of the probable consequences of that calamity.	7K	Mar 2005
Symptoms – A slight sketch of the mode of treatment.	7K	Mar 2005
First alarm in Philadelphia. Flight of the citizens. Guardians of the poor borne down with labour.	9K	Mar 2005
General despondency. Deplorable scenes. Frightful view of human nature. A noble and exhilarating contrast.	14K	Mar 2005
Distress increases. Benevolent citizens invited to assist the guardians of the poor. Ten volunteers. Appointment of the committee for relief of the sick. State of Philadelphia.		Mar 2005
Magnanimous offer. Wretched state of Bushhill. Order introduced there.	9K	Mar 2005
Proceedings of the committee—Loans from the bank of North-America. Establishment of an orphan house. Relief of the poor. Appointment of the assistant committee.	7K	Mar 2005
Repeated addresses of the committee on the purification of houses. —Assistant committee undertake to inspect infected houses personally. Extinction of the disorder. Governor's proclamation. Address of the clergy. A new and happy state of affairs.	12K	Mar 2005
Extravagant Letters from Philadelphia. Credulity put to the test.	3K	Mar 2005
Proceedings at Chestertown—At New-York —At Trenton and Lamberton—At Baltimore.	12K	Mar 2005
Proceedings at Havre de Grace—At Hagerstown -- Alexandria—at Winchester—At Boston—at Newburyport— In Rhode Island—At New Bern—At Charlestown—In Georgia – Fasting and Prayer.	11K	Mar 2005
Conflict between the law of self-preservation and the law of charity. The law of charity victorious.	5K	Mar 2005
Disorder fatal to the doctors—to the clergy—to drunkards—to filles de joie—to maid servants— to the poor—and in close streets.—Less destructive to the French—and to the negroes.	7K	Mar 2005
State of the weather. Attempt to refute the opinion that cold and rain extinguished the disorder. Average-table of mortality.	8K	Mar 2005
Origin of the disorder.	4K	Mar 2005
Desultory facts and reflexions. A collection of scraps.	23K	Mar 2005
Another collection of scraps.	28K	Mar 2005
An account of the plague in London, in the year 1665.	22K	Mar 2005
Account of The Plague at Marseilles, in 1720.	16K	Mar 2005
Index	10K	Mar 2005
Alphabetical List Of Dead	97K	Mar 2005
Biography of the Author, Mathew Carey	4K	Mar 2005