The American journal of the medical sciences . gaPIoo —S—m 7^ ^ FTcq co co I I I 1 i g g 1 g 1 § I i 5 2 2 1 I .2 2, g g 1 g g 5 3 3 S |. I 111 I 1 III imlli n 1 I ii, II l = --= = =- = iiiiii 340 Porter, Climate, etc., of Fort Moultrie and Sullivans Island. [Oct. Dr. Hume states:— The exemption of Charleston from yellow fever during the last summer [1853],is a subject of astonishment to all observers. That the season was unpropitiousto health, the ravages of the fever on the southwestern waters, and other re-gions, fully exhibit. That we shared that general diffusion of unpropitiou3at
The American journal of the medical sciences . gaPIoo —S—m 7^ ^ FTcq co co I I I 1 i g g 1 g 1 § I i 5 2 2 1 I .2 2, g g 1 g g 5 3 3 S |. I 111 I 1 III imlli n 1 I ii, II l = --= = =- = iiiiii 340 Porter, Climate, etc., of Fort Moultrie and Sullivans Island. [Oct. Dr. Hume states:— The exemption of Charleston from yellow fever during the last summer [1853],is a subject of astonishment to all observers. That the season was unpropitiousto health, the ravages of the fever on the southwestern waters, and other re-gions, fully exhibit. That we shared that general diffusion of unpropitiou3atmosphere, must be admitted, and our meteorological instruments testify tothe same. Yet the devouring angel spared our city. * * * It is true thattwo attempts were made by the fever to invade our city, but it was rudely andunceremoniously repelled, and expelled on both occasions. As action wasprompt, the history is short. Capt. P., of the Ellen Goldsborough, arrived fromBaltimore on the 30th August, sickened on the 4th September, was sent to theMarine Hospital on the 6th, was declared to have yellow fever, and, on the 7th,was sent to the
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