. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . #» vf !* U. 3 OO I: In the Centennial Year. 81 Says ibe same authority we have just quoted: Of all the great westerntowns, Pittsburgh is the farthest removed from the baneful exhalations of theswampy borders of the Mississippi, and accordingly enjoys a greater exemptionfrom those diseases which, during the summer and autumn months, prevail evenas high as Cincinnati. * * * Dropsies, dysenteries, diarrhaas and choleradiseases which are influenced by causes of a malarious origin, have never prevailedto any extent. * * * In comparison with easter
. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . #» vf !* U. 3 OO I: In the Centennial Year. 81 Says ibe same authority we have just quoted: Of all the great westerntowns, Pittsburgh is the farthest removed from the baneful exhalations of theswampy borders of the Mississippi, and accordingly enjoys a greater exemptionfrom those diseases which, during the summer and autumn months, prevail evenas high as Cincinnati. * * * Dropsies, dysenteries, diarrhaas and choleradiseases which are influenced by causes of a malarious origin, have never prevailedto any extent. * * * In comparison with eastern cities, there is much lesspulmonary consumption, less scrofula, and less disease of the skin. There is?scarcely any fever and ague, and no yellow fever. In comparison with westerncities, including Cincinnati, there is less bilious fever, less fever and ague, lesscholera infantum, and far less malignant cholera. We are the intermediate linkof disease as well as of commerce. We have less hepatic disease than the West,and less pulmonic disease than the East
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