A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) / From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time
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Chapters (1047)
- A HISTORY OF EPIDEMICS IN BRITAIN.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- The epidemic fever of 1661, according to Willis.
- Sydenham’s epidemic Constitutions.
- Typhus fever perennial in London.
- The epidemic Constitutions following the Great Plague.
- The epidemic fever of 1685-86.
- Retrospect of the great Fever of 1623-25.
- The extinction of Plague in Britain.
- Fevers to the end of the 17th century.
- Fevers of the seven ill years in Scotland.
- The London fever of 1709-10.
- Prosperity of Britain, 1715-65.
- The epidemic fevers of 1718-19.
- The Epidemic Fevers of 1726-29: evidence of Relapsing Fever.
- The epidemic fever of 1741-42.
- Sanitary Condition of London under George II.
- The Window-Tax.
- Gaol-Fever.
- Circumstances of severe and mild Typhus.
- Ship-Fever.
- Fever and Dysentery of Campaigns: War Typhus, 1742-63.
- Ship-Fever in the Seven Years’ War and American War.
- The “Putrid Constitution” of Fevers in the middle third of the 18th Century.
- Miliary Fever.
- Typhus Fever in London, 1770-1800.
- Typhus in Liverpool, Newcastle and Chester in the last quarter of the 18th century.
- Fever in the Northern Manufacturing Towns, 1770-1800.
- Typhus in England and Scotland generally, in the end of the 18th century.
- Fevers in the Dearth of 1799-1802.
- Comparative immunity from Fevers during the War and high prices of 1803-15.
- The Distress and Epidemic Fever (Relapsing) following the Peace of 1815 and the fall of wages.
- The Epidemic of 1817-19 in Scotland: Relapsing Fever.
- The Relapsing Fever of 1827-28.
- Typhoid or Enteric Fever in London, 1826.
- Return of Spotted Typhus after 1831: “Change of Type.” Distress of the Working Class.
- Enteric Fever mixed with the prevailing Typhus, 1831-42.
- Relapsing Fever in Scotland, 1842-44.
- The “Irish Fever” of 1847 in England and Scotland.
- Subsequent Epidemics of Typhus and Relapsing Fevers.
- Relative prevalence of Typhus and Enteric Fevers since 1869.
- Circumstances of Enteric Fever.
- CHAPTER II.
- Dysentery and Fever at Londonderry and Dundalk, 1689.
- A generation of Fevers in Cork.
- Famine and Fevers in Ireland in 1718 and 1728.
- The Famine and Fever of 1740-41.
- The Epidemic Fevers of 1799-1801.
- The Growth of Population in Ireland.
- The Famine and Fevers of 1817-18.
- Famine and Fever in the West of Ireland, 1821-22.
- Dysentery and Relapsing Fever, 1826-27.
- Perennial Distress and Fever.
- The Great Famine and Epidemic Sicknesses of 1846-49.
- Decrease of Typhus and Dysentery after 1849.
- CHAPTER III.
- Retrospect of Influenzas and Epidemic Agues in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- The Ague-Curers of the 17th Century.
- The Peruvian Bark Controversy.
- The Influenza of 1675.
- The Influenza of 1679.
- The Epidemic Agues of 1678-80.
- The Influenza of 1688.
- The Influenza of 1693.
- The Influenza of 1712.
- Epidemic Agues and Influenzas, 1727-29.
- The Influenza of 1733.
- The Influenza of 1737.
- The Influenza of 1743.
- Some Localized Influenzas and Horse-colds.
- The Influenza of 1762.
- The Influenza of 1767.
- The Influenza of 1775.
- The Influenza of 1782.
- The Epidemic Agues of 1780-85.
- The Influenza of 1788.
- The Influenza of 1803.
- The Influenza of 1831.
- The Influenza of 1833.
- The Influenza of 1837.
- The Influenza of 1847-48.
- The Influenzas of 1889-94.
- The Theory of Influenza.
- Influenza at Sea.
- The Influenzas of Remote Islands.
- CHAPTER IV.
- Smallpox after the Restoration.
- Sydenham’s Practice in Smallpox.
- Causes of Mild or Severe Smallpox.
- Pockmarked Faces in the 17th Century.
- The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 17th century.
- Smallpox in London in 1694: the death of the Queen.
- Circumstances of the great Epidemic in 1710.
- Inoculation brought into England.
- The popular Origins of Inoculation.
- Results of the first Inoculations; the Controversy in England.
- Revival of Inoculation in 1740: a New Method.
- The Suttonian Inoculation.
- Extent of Inoculation in Britain to the end of the 18th Century.
- The Epidemiology continued from 1721.
- Smallpox in London in the middle of the 18th century.
- The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 18th century.
- The range of severity in Smallpox, and its circumstances.
- Cowpox.
- Chronology of epidemics resumed from 1801.
- The Smallpox Epidemic of 1817-19.
- Extent of Inoculation with Cowpox or Smallpox, 1801-1825.
- The Smallpox Epidemic of 1825-26.
- A generation of Smallpox in Glasgow.
- Smallpox in Ireland, 1830-40.
- The Epidemic of 1837-40 in England.
- Legislation for Smallpox after the Epidemic of 1837-40.
- Other effects of the epidemic of 1837-40 on medical opinion.
- The age-incidence of Smallpox in various periods of history.
- CHAPTER V.
- Sydenham’s description of Measles in London, 1670 and 1674.
- Measles in the 18th century.
- Increasing mortality from Measles at the end of the 18th century.
- Measles in Glasgow in 1808 and 1811-12: Researches of Watt.
- Measles in the Period of Statistics.
- CHAPTER VI.
- Whooping-Cough in Modern Times.
- Whooping-Cough as a Sequel of other Maladies.
- CHAPTER VII.
- The Throat-distemper of New England, 1735-36.
- Angina maligna in England from 1739.
- An epidemic of Throat-disease in Ireland, 1743.
- Malignant Sore-throat in Cornwall, 1748.
- Fothergill’s Sore-throat with Ulcers, 1746-48.
- “Scarlet Fever” at St Albans, 1748.
- Epidemics of Sore-throat with Scarlet rash in the period between Fothergill and Withering.
- Scarlatina anginosa in its modern form, 1777-78.
- History of Scarlatina after the Epidemic of 1778.
- Scarlatina (1788) and Diphtheria (1793-94) described by the same observer.
- Scarlatinal Epidemics, 1796-1805.
- Scarlatina since the beginning of Registration, 1837.
- Reappearance of Diphtheria in 1856-59.
- Conditions Favouring Diphtheria.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- Summer Diarrhoea of Infants in London, 17th century.
- Summer Diarrhoea of Infants, 18th century.
- Modern Statistics of Infantile Diarrhoea.
- Causes of the high death-rates from Infantile Diarrhoea.
- Cholera Nostras.
- Dysentery in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Dysentery in the 19th century.
- CHAPTER IX.
- Asiatic Cholera at Sunderland in October, 1831.
- Extension of Cholera to the Tyne, December, 1831.
- The Cholera of 1832 in Scotland.
- The Cholera of 1832 in Ireland.
- The Cholera of 1832 in England.
- The Cholera of 1848-49 in Scotland.
- The Cholera of 1849 in Ireland.
- The Cholera of 1849 in England.
- The Cholera of 1853 at Newcastle and Gateshead.
- The Cholera of 1854 in England.
- The Cholera of 1853-54 in Scotland and Ireland.
- The Cholera of 1865-66.
- The Antecedents of Epidemic Cholera in India.
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