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Carey, Mathew. 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.
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CHAP. I. STATE OF PHILADELPHIA PREVIOUS TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE MALIGNANT FEVER——WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT CALAMITY. [pp. 9-13 (seq. 9-13)]
CHAP. III.—FIRST ALARM IN PHILADELPHIA. FLIGHT OF THE CITIZENS. GUARDIANS OF THE POOR BORNE DOWN WITH LABOUR. [pp. 16-21 (seq. 16-21)]
CHAP. IV. GENERAL DESPONDENCY. DEPLORABLE SCENES. FRIGHTFUL VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE. A NOBLE AND EXHILARATING CONTRAST. [pp. 21-28 (seq. 21-28)]
CHAP. V. DISTRESS INCREASES. BENEVOLENT CITIZENS INVITED TO ASSIST THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR. TEN VOLUNTEERS. APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF OF THE SICK... [pp. 28-30 (seq. 28-30)]
CHAP. VI. MAGNANIMOUS OFFER. WRETCHED STATE OF BUSH-HILL. ORDER INTRODUCED THERE. [pp. 31-35 (seq. 31-35)]
CHAP. VII. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE——LOAN FROM THE BANK OF NORTH-AMERICA. ESTABLISHMENT AS AN ORPHAN HOUSE. RELIEF OF THE POOR. APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSISTANT COMMITTEE. [pp. 35-39 (seq. 35-39)]
CHAP. VIII. REPEATED ADDRESSES OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PURIFICATION OF HOUSES—— ASSISTANT COMMITTEE UNDERTAKE TO INSPECT INFECTED HOUSES PERSONALLY... [pp. 39-44 (seq. 39-44)]
CHAP. IX. EXTRAVAGANT LETTERS FROM PHILADELPHIA. CREDULITY PUT TO THE TEST. [pp. 45-47 (seq. 45-47)]
CHAP. X. PROCEEDINGS AT CHESTERTOWN——AT NEW-YORK ——AT TRENTON AND LAMBERTON——AT BALTIMORE. [pp. 47-53 (seq. 47-53)]
CHAP. XI. PROCEEDINGS AT HAVRE DE GRACE——AT HAGERSTOWN——AT ALEXANDRIA——AT WINCHESTER——AT BOSTON ——AT NEWBURYPORT——IN RHODE ISLAND... [pp. 53-58 (seq. 53-58)]
CHAP. XII. CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LAW OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND THE LAW OF CHARITY. THE LAW OF CHARITY VICTORIOUS. [pp. 58-60 (seq. 58-60)]
CHAP. XIII. DISORDER FATAL TO THE DOCTORS——TO THE CLERGY——TO DRUNKARDS——TO FILLES DE JOIE——TO MAIDSERVANTS—— TO THE POOR——AND IN CLOSE STREETS... [pp. 60-63 (seq. 60-63)]
