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YELLOW FEVER.
tion of the question is to be found in all cases, in the
filth of the town or the state of the sewers; though we
are free to admit they are great auxiliaries.
Exposure-Fatigue Excessess.-T here can be no doubt
that yellow fever.is frequently the immediate result of
the operation of the ordinary occasional or exciting
causes of disease; and that persons exposed to the
essential poison of the disease, might escape, were it not
for the co-operation of the latter influences. Dr. Rush
states that he did not see a single case in which the
disease came on without an exciting cause; such as
light clothing and bed clothes, sitting at doors after
night, a long walk, gunning, and violent and unusual
exercises of any kind. Dr. Hillary, one of the most
careful observers, says: " The disease most readily seizes
those ,who use vinous or spirituous liquors too freely;
and still more readily those who labor hard or use too
violent exercise, and are, at the same time, exposed to
the influence of the scorching rays of the sun in the day
time, and soon after expose themselves too suddenly to
cool dews and damp air of the night, and especially if
they drink liquor too freely. Dr. Dereze says, that it
has always been remarked, that during the prevalence
of yellow fever, persons newly married are constantly
its victims. "Of all the exciting causes of yellow fever,"
says Dr. Balby, "the act of coition is the most powerful.
How many have we seen, seized by a chill on leaving
the arms of pleasure, terminate in a few days their
career? How many, even, have we seen, the victims of
a simple nocturnal pollution?
We find that a great many authors lay great stress
on the signs which are the antecedent indications of an
epidemic, "such as intemperate seasons, and unusual156
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/156/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.