Name/Title
Currie- A treatise on the synochus icteroidesDescription
A treatise on the synochus icteroides, or yellow fever is it lately appeared in the city of Philadelphia. Exhibiting a concise view of its rise, progress and symptoms, together with the method of treatment found most successful; also remarks on the nature of its contagion, and directions for preventing the introduction of the same malady, in future... Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... M,DCC,XCIV. [1794] iv, [vi]-vin, [1], 85 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Surprisingly little of a biographical nature has been written on this prominent Philadelphia physician who was one of the founders of the College of Physicians and perhaps Benjamin Rush's most outspoken critic on the origins and transmission of yellow fever. In this work Currie provides a brief history of the epidemic of 1793, but concentrates largely on yellow fever's symptomology and treatment. Of its origin, Currie speculates that its poison arises from crowded ships, hospitals, barracks, towns, etc., but that its "pestilential quality" manifests its full force only when atmospheric conditions are appropriate. The use of synochus icteroides for yellow fever stems from the Greek synokhos (continued fever) and ikterikos (jaundiced).Other Names and Numbers
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Miner 129. Austin 607