He has
left us the following picture of the city during this terrible summer:
The disease appeared in many parts of the town remote from the spot
where it originated; although in every instance it was easily
traced to it. This set the city in motion. The streets and roads
leading from the city were crowded with families flying in every
direction for safety, to the country. Business began to languish.
Water Street, between Market and Race Streets, became a desert.
The poor were the first victims of the fever. From the sudden
interruption of business, they suffered for a while from poverty as
well as disease. A large and airy house at Bush-hill, about a mile
from the city, was opened for their reception. This house, after it
became the charge of a committee appointed by the citizens on the
14th of September, was regulated and governed with the order and
cleanliness of an old and established hospital. An American and
French physician had the exclusive medical care of it after the 22d
of September.
The contagion, after the second week in September, spared no rank
of citizens.
Pages:
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907