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Cidemia americana.
was an adult & Oedemian. They
were in a house about four or five miles
distant from the city and were
taken ill with diarrhea one
afternoon. About at sunset they
went into the house at seven o'clock. The
fever was very high. At 10 o'clock,
in a 20 minutes, I heard
they sent in a line demanding
a doctor immediately. Doctors were
finally obtained and delighted. It
was a long time before they could
get the water almost entirely
like a track lay.
been again. The first one of the
soldiers who went out carrying
to his face but really
died in our camp for the
night night, from which he died
in a few days and was buried
"[illegible]" "The night of the 3rd Mr.
D. died of fever. His body was
buried in a place where there were
high hills. The people who knew him
said he had been for years, they said
he said "[illegible]" [illegible].
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