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Article PARTICULARS OF THE PLAGUE IN PHILADELPHIA. ← Page 5 of 5 Article TEMPERANCE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Particulars Of The Plague In Philadelphia.
" In two other persons who died at a more advanced period of the disease , the stomach appeared spotted -in many places with extravasations , and the inflammation disappeared . It contained , as did also the intestines , a black liquor , which had been vomited and purged before death . This black liquor appears clearly to be an altered secretion from the liverfor a fluid in all respe & s of the same qualities was found
, in the gall bladder . This liquor was so acrid , that it induced considerable inflammation and swelling on the operator ' s hands , which remained some days . The villous membrane of the intestines in these last two bodies was found inflamed in several places . " The liver was of its natural appearance , excepting in one of the last persons , on the surface of which a very few distended veins were
seen : all the other abdominal viscera were of healthy appearance . c : The external surface of the stomach , as well as of the intestines , was quite free from inflammation ; the veins being distended with blood , which appeared through the transparent periconeum , gave them a dark colour . - " The stomach of those who died early in the disease was always
contracted , but in those who died at a more advanced period of it , where extravasations appeared , it was distended with air . ( Signed ) "P . S . PHYSICKr- - ¦ " ¦ } . CATHRALL . "
Temperance.
TEMPERANCE .
[ WIT . H AN ENGRAVING . ] ... «' . Temperance , that virtue without pride , and fortune without envy , skives indolence [ healthfulness ] of body'and tranquillity of mind ; the best guardian of youth , and support of old age . " .. T EMPLE ' E SSAYS .
TEMPERANCE , in a general sense , is a prudent moderation which restrains our desires , appetites , and passioas within just bounds : but we shall consider it here in a more limited signification , as a virtue that curbs our corporeal appetites , and , confining them to a medium equally distant from two opposite extremes , renders them not
only innocent , but commendable and useful . The principal vices repressed by Temperance are Incontinency , and Excess in eating and drinking : if there be any more , they flow from one or other of these two sources . It would lead us to too great length at present , to consider this virtue fully in both points of view . To the last , then , as most appropriate to our particular subjeft , we shall chiefly confine our attention . " Wine , " says an eminent author , " raises the imagination , but depresses the judgment . He that resigns his reason is guilty of every
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Particulars Of The Plague In Philadelphia.
" In two other persons who died at a more advanced period of the disease , the stomach appeared spotted -in many places with extravasations , and the inflammation disappeared . It contained , as did also the intestines , a black liquor , which had been vomited and purged before death . This black liquor appears clearly to be an altered secretion from the liverfor a fluid in all respe & s of the same qualities was found
, in the gall bladder . This liquor was so acrid , that it induced considerable inflammation and swelling on the operator ' s hands , which remained some days . The villous membrane of the intestines in these last two bodies was found inflamed in several places . " The liver was of its natural appearance , excepting in one of the last persons , on the surface of which a very few distended veins were
seen : all the other abdominal viscera were of healthy appearance . c : The external surface of the stomach , as well as of the intestines , was quite free from inflammation ; the veins being distended with blood , which appeared through the transparent periconeum , gave them a dark colour . - " The stomach of those who died early in the disease was always
contracted , but in those who died at a more advanced period of it , where extravasations appeared , it was distended with air . ( Signed ) "P . S . PHYSICKr- - ¦ " ¦ } . CATHRALL . "
Temperance.
TEMPERANCE .
[ WIT . H AN ENGRAVING . ] ... «' . Temperance , that virtue without pride , and fortune without envy , skives indolence [ healthfulness ] of body'and tranquillity of mind ; the best guardian of youth , and support of old age . " .. T EMPLE ' E SSAYS .
TEMPERANCE , in a general sense , is a prudent moderation which restrains our desires , appetites , and passioas within just bounds : but we shall consider it here in a more limited signification , as a virtue that curbs our corporeal appetites , and , confining them to a medium equally distant from two opposite extremes , renders them not
only innocent , but commendable and useful . The principal vices repressed by Temperance are Incontinency , and Excess in eating and drinking : if there be any more , they flow from one or other of these two sources . It would lead us to too great length at present , to consider this virtue fully in both points of view . To the last , then , as most appropriate to our particular subjeft , we shall chiefly confine our attention . " Wine , " says an eminent author , " raises the imagination , but depresses the judgment . He that resigns his reason is guilty of every