An Inquiry Into the Cause of the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever in New-York (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Cause of the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever in New-YorkAppear that it'is'aiways imported) r0le_ly~up01i the slight precaution of making such vessels, from the west-indies and Southern States, as may have, or may have had persons with. That complaint on board them, do ten days or two weeks quarantine, must certainly be a very venturesome business: The Patty had not had any of her crew sickwith a malignant fever. The people of the Bellona {were-in good health from their leaving Savannah, till some days after they were in this city. And the Polly might have done the usual quarantine, without any security to us, as Cummings'was not seized with his disease till seventeen days' after his arrival. Nothing'less them completely prohibiting all commercial inter, course from the Southern States and the w'est-i'ndies, during the summer and first fall months, or (what would, in the end, amount tb the samething) making every v'essel from thence do full qua rantine, and have their cargoes unloaded and properly unpacked and ventilated, before they are permitted to come into our city, ' can ensure us against the introduction of a cause of the-yellow Fever: however, these severe restrictions may be superceded by merely, having ourselves properly prepared, If we only keep decently cleanly, it will be perfectly indifferent to us, whether a Carolinaman or a west-indian should die with Yellow Feyerin our city 'or in our harbotn, ' sin'ce, then, we, should 'be' guardtd against any ill effects from them'.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.