Leprosy-prevalence judged by the leper-houses,--their number in England, special destination, and duration 86 Leper-houses in Scotland and Ireland 99 The prejudice against lepers 100 Laws against lepers 106 Things favouring Leprosy in the manner of life--Modern analogy of Pellagra 107 CHAPTER III. THE BLACK DEATH OF 1348-9. Arrival of the Black Death, and progress through Britain, with contemporary English and Irish notices of the symptoms 114 Inquiry into the extent of the mortality 123 Antecedents of the Black Death in the East--Overland China trade--Favouring conditions in China 142 The Theory of Bubo-Plague 156 Illustrations from modern times 163 Summary of causes, and of European favouring conditions 173 CHAPTER IV. ENGLAND AFTER THE BLACK DEATH, WITH THE EPIDEMICS TO 1485. Efforts to renew the war with France 177 Direct social and economic consequences in town and country 180 More lasting effects on farming, industries and population 190 Epidemics following the Black Death 202 Medieval English MSS. on Plague 208 The 14th century chronology continued 215 The public health in the 15th century 222 Chronology of Plagues, 15th century 225 Plague &c. in Scotland and Ireland, 1349-1475 233 CHAPTER V. THE SWEATING SICKNESS, 1485-1551. The First invasion of the Sweat in 1485 237 The Second outbreak in 1508 243 The Third Sweat in 1517 245 The Fourth Sweat in 1528 250 Extension of the Fourth Sweat to the Continent in 1529 256 The Fifth Sweat in 1551 259 Antecedents of the English Sweat 265 Endemic Sweat of Normandy 271 Theory of the English Sweat 273 Extinction of the Sweat in England 279 CHAPTER VI. PLAGUE IN THE TUDOR PERIOD. Chronology of the outbreaks of Plague in London, provincial towns, and the country generally, from 1485 to 1556 282 The London Plague of 1563 304