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Lung Diseases

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  • Title: Lung Diseases
  • Date: 31 March 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.00722
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 31 March 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
  • Contributors to digital file: Rachel Romero Tara Ballard Stephanie Blalock Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Lung Diseases." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.00722.xml (TEI)
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LUNG DISEASES.—

In 1857, no less than 149 deaths from congestion of the lungs were reported in this city. The year before there were 105, and in no former year more than half as many as last year. Plainly, then, either pulmonary disease has gained ground in the city, or the Health Officer this year has been more vigilant than his predecessors.—This incident shows how much the value of our public statistics and reports depends on the intelligence and fidelity of the officers entrusted with the making of them.

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