Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 3: The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the AuthorRush, Benjamin
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Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 3: The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author
Rush, Benjamin
Medicine; Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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| Month. | Patients. | Quantity. | Number of |
| | | ounces. | times bled.|
+-----------+------------------+-----------+------------+
| August. | Peter Denham | 50 | 5 |
| | Mrs. Bruce | 70 | 7 |
| | Andrew Gribble, | | |
| | aged 15 years. | 50 | 5 |
| | John Madge | 150 | 12 |
| | Peter Brown | 80 | 8 |
| September.| Mrs. Gardiner | 80 | 7 |
| | Miss Sally Eyre | 80 | 9 |
| | Mrs. Gass | 50 | 3 |
| | Richard Wells's | | |
| | maid | 100 | 10 |
| | Mr. Norval | 100 | 9 |
| | Mr. Harrison | 90 | 9 |
| | Henry Clymer | 80 | 8 |
| October. | Mrs. Mitchell | 120 | 13 |
| | Mrs. Lenox | 80 | 7 |
| | Mrs. Kapper | 140 | 11 |
| | Rev. Dr. Magaw's | | |
| | maid | 100 | 10 |
| | Miss Hood | 100 | 10 |
| | Mrs. Vogles | 70 | 5 |
| 1795 | Guy Stone | 100 | 9 |
| January. | Benj. Hancock | 100 | 10 |
| | Mr. Benton | 130 | 13 |
| | Mrs. Fries | 150 | 15 |
| | Mrs. Garrigues | 80 | 7 |
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Three of the women, whose names I have mentioned, were in the advanced
stage of pregnancy, viz. Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Gass, and Mrs. Garrigues.
They have all since borne healthy children. I have omitted the names of
above one hundred persons who had the fever, from whom I drew thirty or
forty ounces of blood, by two or three bleedings. I did not cure a single
person without at least one bleeding.
It is only by contemplating the extent in which it is necessary to use
this remedy, in order to overcome a yellow fever, that we can acquire
just ideas of its force. Hitherto this force has been estimated by no
other measure than the grave, and this, we know, puts the strength of all
diseases upon a level.
The blood drawn in this fever exhibited the following appearances;
1. It was dissolved in a few instances.
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