Author: Nathaniel Chapman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-25

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9780484705509

Excerpt from The Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences, 1821, Vol. 3: Supported by an Association of Physicians The winter and succeeding spring were mild, and no par ticular disease prevailed. The summer set in very warm. The month of June, though warm and rainy, still continued healthy. July was attended with an increase of tempera ture, and an extraordinary quantity of rain, greater than had fallen in any one month for nine preceding years. Dur ing the last four days of the former, and the first three of the ensuing month, there were tremendous torrents, occasionin g extensive and destructive inundations of all the low grounds adjacent to the water courses. At the subsidence of this flood, hundreds of acres along St. Catherine's creek, were covered with sediment, from a few inches to several feet in depth, which, after it had been exposed to the sun, and the surface become dry, cracked Open, and emitted most offen-s sive exhalations from the putrefying substances beneath. Great numbers of cattle, sheep and hogs, were drowned, and afterwards, lay putrefying upon the surface. The sick ness and mortality prevailing along the whole course of this creek, evidently resulted from this inundation. The streets of Natchez were completely deluged, and became a bed of mortar. All the low places that had their drains obstruct ed were filled, and also most of the cellars in a greater or less degree. This rain was followed by extremely hot wea ther, with a very bright sum - The months of September and October were very warm and dry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.