A History of Epidemic Pestilences: From the Earliest Ages, 1495 Years Before the Birth of our Saviour to 1848: With Researches into Their Nature, Causes, and ProphylaxisBascome, Edward
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A History of Epidemic Pestilences: From the Earliest Ages, 1495 Years Before the Birth of our Saviour to 1848: With Researches into Their Nature, Causes, and Prophylaxis
Bascome, Edward
Epidemics -- History
Justin, 4, 8, 13
Kemp, Prof., 143
Kendall’s fever, 115
Khatemar, 48
Kings of Ulster and Munster cut off by pestilence, 29
Kingsai, earthquake near, 46
Kurrachee, Dr. Gavin Milroy on the cholera at, 177;
the pestilence at, 212
La grippe, 161
La trousse galante, 158
Lacedemonians, great mortality among the, 31
‘Ladendo,’ the, 61
Lake Alba, 9
Lancisius, 29, 30, 119
Largostus, 124
Latimer, 243
Latium depopulated, 3
Laurenciscus Rasius, 43
Lazar-houses established at Valencia, 33
Lazarettos, 211
Lectisternium, the, 9
Leprosy, 65, 94, 123;
in England, 38;
in Pompey’s army, 15;
in Spain, 15, 33;
introduction of, into Italy, 15;
pestilence of, 68
‘Leprous House,’ the, 249
Leviticus, chap, xiv., 250
Libya and Alexandria nearly destroyed, 23
Light, chemical effects of, 219
---- essential to vitality, 218
Ligurian pestilence, the, 26
Lima, earthquake at, 94
Lincoln, earthquake at, 36
Lind, 129
Linen, use of, 5
Linneus, 222
Lisbon, earthquake at, 47
Livy, 3, 6, 11, 13
Locality, influence of trade and, 179
Locusts, 11, 13, 14, 30, 32, 84, 98, 104, 106, 127, 142;
dead bodies of, producing pestilence, 30;
immense swarms of, 23;
in Italy, 33;
swarms of, 46, 68, 69, 76, 81
Loes, 161
‘Loimic’ pestilence, a, 18
Loimikié, 6
Loimoi, 21
Loimos in Syria, 21
London Bridge, wrecks at, 117
London, deadly fevers in, 79;
destroyed by fire, 31;
earthquake in, 127;
famine in, 31;
filthy condition of, 43;
habits of the inhabitants of, 44;
low fevers of, 225;
malignant fever in, 31;
plague in, 104;
starvation in, 38;
the burning of, by the Danes, 30;
the condition of, 205;
the dwellings of, 206;
the great fire of, 205;
the plague of, 207;
the rebuilding by Alfred, 30;
water conveyed to by leaden pipes, 43;
water first brought by the New River to, 98
Long continuance of pestilence in Asia, 24
---- rain, 50
Lotion, urine as a topical, 5
Low fever of London, 225
---- water in the Thames, 34
Lucretius, 7, 199
Lues Pannonica, 90
Luis Alcanyis, 68
Macedonia, earthquake in, 23
Madness, epidemic, in England, 53
Madrid, sanitary state of, 129
Magdenburg, 29, 30
Mal des pieds et des mains, 157
Maladie de Siam, the, 113
Maladies, causes of, 189
---- ----, Old and New Testaments on the, 193;
instances explanatory of the causes of, 193
Malignant dysentery, 2, 61, 77;
among the Romans, 12;
epizootic, among cattle, 13;
fevers, 98, 103;
measles, 110;
pneumonia, 76
Mania, epidemic, 123
Man-cyalm, 27, 28
Manson, Dr. 140
Marcellinus, 23
Marcellus, death of, 238
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