The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-18 00:00:00

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FIVER, -'
• tProw the .Vueelosjleid Coterie►, Deeesler 9.]

" FEVF.R.
" We have medical aoihorrty for the publication of the
folloiviug remnrh.:--
'• A report resp► Ming the feverish disnrd►r Which has be►n
prevalentean ttttt gat the labilise's,' of this caws', doting the
last three week., has been it, widely circulated, sts.l Its in.
&Minns nod nialigasat character so grossly and alarmingly
exaggerated, that a 'rely brief account of its proh.:ble urogi it,
soil a free one ..f its progress, rim neithe► be sonaceeptaide,
nor, we hope, wholly without advantage to our towns:nest
mail reader* in general.
" The linigaesonlistutil dryness of oar late rammer and
Saturn,, bas been succeeded by rain oR ly inferior da.
ration, which has left the earth in the stale of s soaked
sponge—while the protracied warmth Nail humidity of the
atmosphere has leaded to prodnee in it is siale similar to
that ordinarily (nand at certain times of the year in the
fens of tioroloshire, x, Am. whirls gives rise ,sis is well
known) to enntmon solidt chow% imermiitent fever—net by
any specific contagion g ted in the air, but from the
ofieuarepeated and sudden traasitians Goat beat to cold. to
which those are %postal who live, and fvocially who iamb
and wee smelt exercise tinder iu influence, no cold Leine
snore pernicious to health, sir more productive of fever, thau
that shirk arises front the permanent contact of wet or
damp clothing after perspiration, a circumstaute in smith a
climate and season scarcely In he avoided.
"The peculiarities of such a state of atmosphere have
hail a temporary iiifl.setire in this place. Colds have
arsailed IS pretty generally, these, by neglect, have in
aunty instances become irregalar (Instituted fevers; end
iu sonic, but not very numerous CAWS, in the stir
period of the disorder, symploins of Typhus have

"The reason for the more obvious spread of she dis-
order in Macclesfield, when compared with the weighbom-
ing villages, ..c. will be found in the denser mass of its
popti hi t ion.
" It is manifest, therefore, and motet be consolatory to
know, that, thottzit the thsttriler we have experienced i
considerably epidemic, it was not, originally, infectious;
that it has treed yet het-nose so in but few and insulate.'
eaten; and, sh,t with due care, its further progress may, we
trust, be effecinslly arrested.
Out of isettly 5110 patients, amidst • pwpwlation Of
20,000, not more than 13 or 14 have died, and three u•fortu-
natte terminations base been accelerated rather by the leaven
of latent eunsiitutiottal maladies thou from the simple effect
of Typhus.
" A few weftsl precautionary hints are deducible from
the foregoing statement, to which wr request lice attCntio•
of our renders, and especially of the working part •f lb•
gonsi:tutsity.

" As evert, common cold iv, or at Nest it arcompanied by
a fewer of short duration; and lb this fever may, through
neglect, degenerate into one of !Demur continuaoce, it is
rcaentially important sow only to 'mold the trordinour imeirets
from whence yuch :aeon)°, arise, but also to take the
earlit,t and most attentive care to throw them oil when
contracted,

With a view to prevention, care should be always taken
to change wet shoes and clothing immediately on coaling to
a state of rest after exereile. Attention to this object,
personal dentine's'', rood brines nntl sobriety, are always she
best preservatives against any, and will be found especially
efficacious against the present prevailing disorder. But
when a severe cold, or feverish sympoirns, with head•aeh,
have taken place. a gentle emetic, and opening medicine,
immersing the free in very warm water, low living, and
twenty-four hours, at leant, of confinement to bed should be
strictly enjoined.
" A free admission of air, and great attention to cleanli-
ness, is likewise indispensable in our house.. As ventilation
cannot, however, be wholly effoctive in this very damp
weather without additional firiug, it is scrordingly recom-
mended, not only to keep fires In sitting-ronois hut to light
(hem in sleeping.rooma also for a few hours iso the day, not
less frequently than twice in a week ; or if this be imprac-
ticable, to bring the lied clothe. occasionally to air at the
fire, and to air all freak clothing put ou at any time.

" When cases of infectious fever occur, additional pre-
cautionary instreetions should be instantly civets by the
medical attendant, and as soon u practicable the house
white-washed with lime and water.
" We cannot allow ourselves to conclude these observe
Lions without Mutiny, which we do with much satisfaction
that the further diffileion of the disorder appears already to
be manifestly checked.-