On the Yello\\3- Feeder of Charleston. 21 



II. Facts and ObservationSy chiefly relathe to the Yel- 

 low-FcTjery as it has appeared., at different times, in 

 Charleston, South -Carolina. In a letter from Dr. 

 Tucker Harris fof Charleston) to Dr. Wil- 

 liam Currie f of Philadelphia J. Communicated 

 to the Editor by Dr. Currie. 



Dear Sir, 



YOUR letter of the 30th September, 1804, 

 came to hand. Your request that I should give you 

 *' an account of the rise, progress, and most success- 

 ful treatment of the malignant fever," which has been, 

 for several years past, so fatal to strangers in this 

 city, is a task to which I find myself incompetent. I 

 shall, therefore, content myself, and, I hope, in some 

 measure, satisfy you, in relating some facts, respect- 

 ing Yellow-Fever, as they occurred to my observation 

 in practice. 



It will be proper to premise, that, since the autumn 

 of 1792 to the present time, this destructive disease 

 has annually visited us, with the exception only of 

 the years 1793, 1798, and 1803 ; but what reason to 

 assign for our exemption from it those three years, I 

 confess I know not : for it will appear from the table 

 accompanying this letter, that, during the months of 

 July, August, September, and October, in those 

 years, the sensible qualities of the air, as regards 

 heat, moisture, and dryness, varied very mucli. The 

 same observation will apply to those nine years in 

 which the yellow-fever prevailed : and I may men- 



