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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. By Mathew Carey.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1793 Car Api 793 A172 v.1.4
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 2213
Contributor:
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Yellow fever.
African Americans--Diseases--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
African Americans.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 10-112, [8], 16 p. ; 8°.
Edition:
Third edition, improved.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by the author, November 30, 1793.
Notes:
Statistics gathered in Philadelphia, August to November, 1793, including meteorological observations compiled by David Rittenhouse, p. [113-120].
Partial list of those buried in Philadelphia, August 1 to November 9, 1793, 16 p. at end.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Cited in:
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2060
Evans 25257; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 410

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