_Of Disease in general.--The nature of the Plague as a Disease considered.--Of Contagion.--Whether the Plague is Contagious or not.--Medical History of the Distemper.--Inquiry into its Immediate Causes, and whether an approaching Plague is indicated by any visible Signs._ 74 SECTION IV. _Of the best Methods of Preventing the Plague._ 302 SECTION V. _Of the Cure of the Plague._ 347 PART SECOND. _Of the Yellow Fever._ SECTION I. _History of the Yellow Fever._ 371 SECTION II. _Symptoms of the Yellow Fever, as described by various authors. --Comparison between them and those of the Plague, with an inquiry into the Causes.--History of the Distemper as it has appeared in various parts of the United States since the year 1793.--A discussion of the question Whether the Yellow Fever is Contagious or not._ 382 SECTION III. _Methods of Prevention and Cure._ 507 SECTION IV. _Remarkable Cases._ 534 _APPENDIX._ N^o I. _Account of the Plague at Athens, in the time of the Peloponnesian War:--From_ THUCYDIDES,--SMITH_’s Translation_. 545 N^o II. _Account of the Great Plague in the time of_ JUSTINIAN:--_By_ PROCOPIUS. 547 N^o III. _Account of the Plague at London in 1665:--From Dr._HODGES _and others_. 548 N^o IV. _Account of the Plague at Marseilles in 1720:--From the Periodical Publications of the time._ 554 N^o V. _Account of the Plague in Syria, Cyprus &c.--From Dr._PATRICK RUSSEL_’s Treatise_. ibid. N^o VI. _Remarkable case of a Remitting Fever at Bassorah in 1780._ 556 N^o VII. _Set of Queries furnished by Doctors_ AIKIN _and_ JEBB; _and by Mr._ HOWARD _put to several foreign Physicians, during his tour; with their Opinions concerning the Plague_. 563 A TREATISE ON THE Plague and Yellow Fever. PART FIRST. _Of the_ Asiatic _or_ True _Plague_. SECTION I. _Of the Plague in general.--Inquiry into the Antiquity of the Distemper.--Of the Plagues mentioned in the Old Testament.--History of several remarkable Plagues which, at various times, have desolated the world._