Excerpt from A Second Address to the Citizens of Philadelphia, Containing Additional Proofs of the Domestic Origin of the Malignant Bilious, or Yellow Fever: To Which Are Added, Observations, Intended to Shew That a Belief in That Opinion, Is Calculated to Lessen the Mortality of the Disease, and to Prevent Its RecurrenceBut our epidemic is not the Siam fever. The condition Of our city is not hopelefs. The return Of our difeafe may be prevented. Its feeds cannot be retained in our beds or houfes from year to year, much lefs can they be imported. As well might a coal of fire be brought from one of the Weft India i¿ands to this country, or a lump of ice be conveyed from this country to one of the Welt India i¿ands, in the open air, as the yellow fever be imported from thence fo as to become general in our city.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.