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. By Mathew Carey.

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:

vii, [2], 10-164 p. ; 8°.

Edition:

Fourth edition, improved.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by the author, January 16, 1794.

Notes:

Several states noted. Evans 26735 records states of 112 p. (incomplete?; no copy located), 159 p. (Austin 412), and 160 p. (Austin 411). Evans 26736 records a state with 164 p. and no comma after the word "subject" in the title (Austin 413). Evans 26737 records a state with [2], 164 p., printed wrappers, and a comma after the word "subject". Austin 414, which may describe this last state, records the comma, but does not mention the [2] preliminary pages, and reports "without the printed wrappers mentioned by Evans." - Blue printed wrappers.

Statistics gathered in Philadelphia, August to November, 1793, including meteorological observations compiled by David Rittenhouse, p. [113-120].

Local Notes:

Library copy: Evans 26735, Austin 411

Library copy: Evans 26736, Austin 413

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2062

Evans 26735; Evans 26736; Evans 26737; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 411; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 412; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 413; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 414