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western parts of Nevv-Yort, appears, from an 

 examination of the various accounts that have 

 been published, to have been more successfully 

 treated by the class of remedies denominated 

 sudorifics tlan by any other. The elaborate 

 and able Report published by the Massacbu- 

 seUs Medical Society relative to the petechial 

 fever, as it appeared in 1807 and 1808, is of it- 

 self sufficiently satisfactory on this point.* But 

 we may also add, that a similar opinion is 

 maintained by those who have witnessed this 

 disease, as it has appeared with no less mor- 

 tality in the state of New-York. See the re- 

 spective observations of Dr. Hudson,! of Dr. 

 ]V]ajNN,J of Dr. WiLLiAMSois,^ and of Dr. 



* IVledical Papers, communicated to the Massachusetts 

 Medical Society, vol. 2. pt. 2. p. 146 — 9. Amer. Med. and 

 Phil. Register, vol 1. p. 240—3. 



t Remarks on the Epidemic of New-York, in Amer. 

 Med. and Phil. Reg. vol. 3. p. 496. 



J Observations on the Pneumonia of New- York, in Amer. 

 Med. and Phil. Reg. vol. 3. p. 497. 



§ Remarks on the Malignant Pleurisy of New- York, in 

 Amer. Med. and Phil. Reg. vol. 3. p. 453. 

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