Innumerable other histories of the distemper might be given, but the following, it is hoped, will be sufficient, along with what has been already detailed, to show that the plague in former ages was the same as at this day. In the terrible plague which broke out in the time of Justinian, the distemper sometimes began with delirium, and the patient instantly despaired of life; but more generally people were surprised by the sudden coming on of a slight fever; so slight that no danger was apprehended either from the state of the pulse or colour of the body. This, however, was quickly followed, sometimes even on the same day, sometimes on the second or third, by buboes or parotids (swellings behind the ear) which when opened were found to contain a black _coal_, or _eschar_, of the size of a lentil. If these swellings suppurated kindly, the patient recovered, but if not, a mortification ensued, and death was the consequence, commonly on the fifth day. Black pustules or carbuncles, covering the body, were signs of immediate death, as was likewise a vomiting of blood in weak constitutions; for this terminated in a mortification of the bowels. Pregnant women generally perished, but women were less susceptible of the infection than men; and young persons were in more danger than old. Many, who recovered, lost the use of their speech, and such were not secure from a relapse. In the last plague at Moscow, the symptoms were various, according to the persons, constitution and the weather; in general, head-ach, giddiness, shivering, loss of strength, slight fever, sickness and vomiting, redness of the eyes, white and foul tongue, with a dejected countenance, buboes and carbuncles appearing on the second or third day, but seldom on the fourth. The buboes were seated chiefly in the glandular parts, the armpits and groin, but sometimes made their appearance in the neck, cheeks, &c. Sometimes these suppurated perfectly, and then they proved beneficial, but not otherwise. Sometimes they suddenly disappeared, after having attained the size of walnuts; and this retrocession was always supposed to be a sign of approaching death. Sometimes they neither showed any sign of inflammation nor were painful, and in such cases afforded no relief. Similar swellings sometimes occured in the parotid glands, but they were never equally beneficial with the buboes. _Carbuncles_ were gangrenous spots on the skin, resembling a burn, with black, livid or red vesicles, bordered with an inflammatory ring, and soon terminating in a hard, black eschar. The _anthrax_ is more prominent, penetrating deeper into the adipose membrane, and attended with more pain and inflammation. The disease was likewise attended with petechiæ similar to those in putrid fevers, but larger; also with vibices, which resembled the mark of a whip, and were considered, as well as the petechiæ, as mortal signs. No distinct account of the pulse could