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A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Creighton
3. If the attack fall in the flower of life, when the spirits are

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Creighton

3. If the attack fall in the flower of life, when the spirits are

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: CHAPTER I.
Chapter 3: CHAPTER II.
Chapter 4: CHAPTER III.
Chapter 5: CHAPTER IV.
Chapter 6: CHAPTER V.
Chapter 7: CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 8: CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 9: CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 10: CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 11: CHAPTER I.
Chapter 12: 1670. From 1673 to 1676, the constitution was a comatose fever, which
Chapter 13: 1675. In 1678 the “intermittent” constitution returned, having been absent
Chapter 14: 1709. The following shows the rise of the price of the quarter of wheat in
Chapter 15: 600. The infection was virulent during the winter, when Portsmouth was
Chapter 16: 1754. This outbreak was only one of a series; but as it attacked a
Chapter 17: 1755. He had the weekly bills of mortality before him, and he makes
Chapter 18: chapter II.) are not without value, as showing that the “putrid” or
Chapter 19: 87. It passed as one of the healthiest cities in the kingdom, being far
Chapter 20: 1795. This epidemic must have been somewhat special to Ashton, for it
Chapter 21: 1828. It was a somewhat close repetition of the epidemic of 1817-19,
Chapter 22: 619. In all England, the last quarter of 1846 was also most unhealthy, its
Chapter 23: 1882. The registration district had only 95 deaths from enteric fever
Chapter 24: CHAPTER II.
Chapter 25: 1655. There were twenty-seven victuallers or other ships riding in Dundalk
Chapter 26: 1818. It was in great part typhus, but towards the end of the epidemic,
Chapter 27: 1835. It will appear from the following (by Geary) that it was largely an
Chapter 28: 1849. After the subsidence of the great epidemic of relapsing and typhus
Chapter 29: CHAPTER III.
Chapter 30: 1782. It is possible that our own recent experience of a succession of
Chapter 31: 1551. There were certainly two seasons of these agues, 1557 and 1558, the
Chapter 32: 1675. The prevailing intermittent fevers, he says, gave place to a new
Chapter 33: 1686. Sydenham records nothing beyond that date, having shortly after
Chapter 34: 1775. The latter, however, was a summer epidemic, and was naturally less
Chapter 35: 1762. On the other hand the epidemics of autumn, winter or spring in 1729,
Chapter 36: 1782. In the London bills the weekly deaths rose in March, to an average
Chapter 37: 3. After being general, did it occur for some time in single
Chapter 38: 5. If so, is it likely that clothes or fomites conveyed it in any
Chapter 39: 1837. The London bills of mortality compiled by the Parish Clerks’ Company
Chapter 40: 1733. There is nothing to note between Boyle and Arbuthnot; for Willis
Chapter 41: 1647. First catarrh mentioned in American annals, in the same year
Chapter 42: 1655. Influenza in America, in the same year with violent earthquakes
Chapter 43: 1675. Influenza in Europe while Etna was still in a state of
Chapter 44: 1688. Influenza in Europe in the same year with an eruption of
Chapter 45: 1693. Influenza in Europe in the same year with an eruption in Iceland
Chapter 46: 1688. The greatest of them all, that of Smyrna, on the 10th of July, was a
Chapter 47: CHAPTER IV.
Chapter 48: 2. If the patient be sprung from a stock in which smallpox is wont to
Chapter 49: 3. If the attack fall in the flower of life, when the spirits are
Chapter 50: 4. If the patient be harassed by fever, or by sorrow, love or any
Chapter 51: 5. If the patient be given to spirituous liquors, vehement exercise or
Chapter 52: 6. If the attack come upon women during certain states of health
Chapter 53: 8. If the heating regimen had been carried to excess, or other
Chapter 54: 9. If the patient had met a chill at the outset, checking the
Chapter 55: 11. If the attack happen during a variolous epidemic constitution of
Chapter 56: 14. If the patient be apprehensive as to the result.
Chapter 57: 1. Whether the distemper given by inoculation be an effectual security to
Chapter 58: 2. Whether the hazard of inoculation be considerably less than that of the
Chapter 59: 1200. In 1754 Middleton had done 800 inoculations, with one death. The
Chapter 60: 1725. Forty-three died, “mostly of the smallpox.”
Chapter 61: 1766. The annals kept by Sims of Tyrone overlap those of Rutty by a few
Chapter 62: introduction of vaccination are still every year inoculated with the
Chapter 63: introduction into the system;” and this he had been doing in the name of
Chapter 64: CHAPTER V.
Chapter 65: 1763. Before the date of the Infirmary Book, Watson records an
Chapter 66: 1766. May to July. Many entries in the book; Watson says:
Chapter 67: 1768. Great epidemic, May to July; one hundred and twelve in the
Chapter 68: 1773. Nov. and Dec. Great epidemic: maximum of 130 cases of measles in
Chapter 69: 1774. May. A slight outbreak (8 cases at one time).
Chapter 70: 1783. March and April. Great epidemic: maximum number of cases in the
Chapter 71: 1786. March and April. Maximum on April 5th--measles 47, recovering
Chapter 72: 1802. 8 had measles, one died.
Chapter 73: CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 74: CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 75: 1802. It ceased in summer, but returned at intervals during the years
Chapter 76: introduction of the eruption of scarlatina into his description”--as if
Chapter 77: CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 78: 1665. As Sydenham and Willis have left good accounts of the London
Chapter 79: CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 80: 1831. Two medical men were at the same time commissioned by the Government
Chapter 81: 1832. But in June there was a revival, and thereafter a steady increase to
Chapter 82: 1533. During the same time Gateshead with a population of 26,000, had 433
Chapter 83: 1306. As in 1832, the infection appeared to die out in the late spring and
Chapter 84: 849. The Irish papers in the second period are by T. W. Grimshaw, _Dub.
Chapter 85: 1710. Engl. transl. of the latter, Lond. 1737.
Chapter 86: 72. The contention of the inspector was that the water-supply had been
Chapter 87: 113. Sir W. Cecil writing from Westminster to Sir T. Smith on 29th
Chapter 88: 437. Heberden’s paper was read at the College, Aug. 11, 1767.
Chapter 89: 1775. October weekly average 323 births 345 deaths
Chapter 90: 1852. This has been reprinted and brought down to date by Dr Symes
Chapter 91: 117. This writer’s object is to show that Liverpool escaped most of the
Chapter 92: 1783. The influenza also began to appear again; and those who had coughs
Chapter 93: 1786. In the middle of this season the influenza returned, and colds and
Chapter 94: 1791. Influenza very bad, especially in London.
Chapter 95: 1808. If it were possible, from authentic documents to compare the history
Chapter 96: 142. In one of his cases Willis was at first uncertain as to the
Chapter 97: 141. In those cases there was no inoculation by puncture or otherwise.
Chapter 98: 1776. _An Introduction to the Plan of the Inoculation Dispensary._ 1778.
Chapter 99: 5136. Price, _Revers. Payments_. 4th ed. I. 353.
Chapter 100: 1799. In a subsequent letter (_Med. Phys. Journ._ V., Dec. 1800), he thus
Chapter 101: 1809. The _Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal_ (VI. 231), in a long review of
Chapter 102: 25. Read 1 July, 1794.
Chapter 103: 1689. Engl. Transl. by Cockburn, 1693, p. 39.

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