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An account of the bilious remitting fever. In his Medical inquiries and observations, 1, 104-21

Philadelphia, 1789.

One of the first important accounts of dengue (“breakbone fever”). Rush described the Philadelphia outbreak of 1780.

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Entry Number#5470
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/7607
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLan-account-of-the-bilious-remitting-fever

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia