Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 5: Containing an Account of the Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in Philadelphia in 1797, and Observations Upon the Nature and Cure of the Gout, and HydrophobiaAgreeably to my promife made in the year 1796, I herewith offer to the public a few obfervations upon the nature and cure of the gout. They are conneEURted with a hif tory of the yellow fever as it appeared in Philadelphia in 1797, and With fome obfer Vations upon the nature and cure of the hy drophobia: I fiill hold myfelf bound by my promife at the time above alluded to, to. Pub lifh the refultnfimyinquiries into the difeafes of the mind. The extent and difficulties of this intereffing branch of medicine, will ne ce¿'arily delay this publication for fome time to come. In the mean while (health and life permitting) I {hall fpare no labour to render it as ufeful as po¿ible'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.