Carey, M.  Short Account of the Malignant Fever (14 Nov. 1793).

Carey's book was published while yellow fever was still present in Philadelphia.  He describes the social effects of the epidemic as well as giving a good clinical description of the disease, mentioning the efficacy and the failure of many forms of treatment.  Immediately popular, the book went through three editions in 1793, and many more afterward.  A necrology, present in embryonic form in this first edition, was expanded in later editions.

Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was born in Ireland.  A Catholic, he became as a young adult a staunch defender of his fellow Catholics against the oppressive English rule in Ireland and got into trouble with the authorities.  Forced to emigrate to America, he arrived in Philadelphia in 1784.  A clear and eloquent writer, after several failures he eventually prospered as a publisher and bookseller.  Carey may be best known as an advocate of the protective tariff system for
American industry.

(Sources:  Garrison & Morton; Dictionary of American Biography)