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A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever / With an Appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720

Chapter 1: A TREATISE ON THE PLAGUE AND YELLOW FEVER.
By James Tytler
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The work surveys historical outbreaks of the true plague, tracing recorded devastations and examining theories about origins, climatic and moral influences, and the nature of contagion. It analyzes symptoms and medical histories, considers evidence and debate over transmissibility, and reviews recommended measures for prevention and clinical management. A second part addresses yellow fever with a comparative account of symptoms and causes, contested views on contagion, recommended preventive practices and treatments, and a selection of notable case reports. An appendix gathers classical and later plague narratives and practitioners’ responses to queries, illustrating social effects and public-health responses.

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Title: A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever

Author: James Tytler

Release date: February 21, 2022 [eBook #67453]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Printed by Joshua Cushing, for B.B. Macanulty, 1799

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A TREATISE ON THE PLAGUE AND YELLOW FEVER.

With an APPENDIX, containing
HISTORIES OF THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS IN THE TIME OF
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR; AT CONSTANTINOPLE
IN THE TIME OF JUSTINIAN; AT LONDON IN
1665; AT MARSEILLES IN 1720; &c.
By JAMES TYTLER,
Compiler of the Medical Part of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Let every one, Physician or not, freely declare his own sentiments about it;
 let him assign any credible account of its rise, or the causes strong enough,
 in his opinion, to introduce so terrible a scene.
Thucydides.
     ‘Twas all the business then
To tend the sick, and in their turns to die,
In heaps they fell.
Armstrong.
Published according to Act of Congress.
SALEM:
PRINTED BY JOSHUA CUSHING, FOR
B. B. MACANULTY.
1799.