S6 Account of the Epidemic Diseases 



springs, though numerous, are most of them transient.. 

 The inhabitants of this little place, and the surrounding 

 country, had, for many years, enjoyed a high degree of 

 health. An epidemic, till last year, was almost un- 

 known to them ; but it formed a sad reverse. A fever 

 of the typhous or typhoid kind, attended with bilious 

 symptoms, prevailed in every house in the village, and 

 in many in its vicinity. I shall not attempt a history of 

 it, but will merely give you a few of the results of my 

 observations on it. 



1. The majority were attacked between the 1st and 

 10th or 15th of October, but several both before and 

 afterwards. 



2. Sometimes typhous symptoms appeared at the 

 commencement, but in most cases it was at the begin- 

 ning somewhat inflammatory. 



3. In November and December it was attended with 

 more typhous symptoms than in September and Oc- 

 tober. 



4. Bilious symptoms were present in almost every 

 instance. In some cases, large quantities of bile were 

 discharged. 



5. It was certainly not infectious, for visitors did not 

 take it, and yet, in two families, it gradually attacked 

 almost every member of them. 



