A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) / From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time

by Charles Creighton

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I
  3. The epidemic fever of 1661, according to Willis
  4. Sydenham’s epidemic Constitutions
  5. Typhus fever perennial in London
  6. The epidemic Constitutions following the Great Plague
  7. The epidemic fever of 1685-86
  8. Retrospect of the great Fever of 1623-25
  9. The extinction of Plague in Britain
  10. Fevers to the end of the 17th century
  11. Fevers of the seven ill years in Scotland
  12. The London fever of 1709-10
  13. Prosperity of Britain, 1715-65
  14. The epidemic fevers of 1718-19
  15. The Epidemic Fevers of 1726-29: evidence of Relapsing Fever
  16. The epidemic fever of 1741-42
  17. Sanitary Condition of London under George II
  18. The Window-Tax
  19. Gaol-Fever
  20. Circumstances of severe and mild Typhus
  21. Ship-Fever
  22. Fever and Dysentery of Campaigns: War Typhus, 1742-63
  23. Ship-Fever in the Seven Years’ War and American War
  24. The “Putrid Constitution” of Fevers in the middle third of the 18th Century
  25. Miliary Fever
  26. Typhus Fever in London, 1770-1800
  27. Typhus in Liverpool, Newcastle and Chester in the last quarter of the 18th century
  28. Fever in the Northern Manufacturing Towns, 1770-1800
  29. Typhus in England and Scotland generally, in the end of the 18th century
  30. Fevers in the Dearth of 1799-1802
  31. Comparative immunity from Fevers during the War and high prices of 1803-15
  32. The Distress and Epidemic Fever (Relapsing) following the Peace of 1815 and the fall of wages
  33. The Epidemic of 1817-19 in Scotland: Relapsing Fever
  34. The Relapsing Fever of 1827-28
  35. Typhoid or Enteric Fever in London, 1826
  36. Return of Spotted Typhus after 1831: “Change of Type.” Distress of the Working Class
  37. Enteric Fever mixed with the prevailing Typhus, 1831-42
  38. Relapsing Fever in Scotland, 1842-44
  39. The “Irish Fever” of 1847 in England and Scotland
  40. Subsequent Epidemics of Typhus and Relapsing Fevers
  41. Relative prevalence of Typhus and Enteric Fevers since 1869
  42. Circumstances of Enteric Fever
  43. Chapter II
  44. Dysentery and Fever at Londonderry and Dundalk, 1689
  45. A generation of Fevers in Cork
  46. Famine and Fevers in Ireland in 1718 and 1728
  47. The Famine and Fever of 1740-41
  48. The Epidemic Fevers of 1799-1801
  49. The Growth of Population in Ireland
  50. The Famine and Fevers of 1817-18
  51. Famine and Fever in the West of Ireland, 1821-22
  52. Dysentery and Relapsing Fever, 1826-27
  53. Perennial Distress and Fever
  54. The Great Famine and Epidemic Sicknesses of 1846-49
  55. Decrease of Typhus and Dysentery after 1849
  56. Chapter III
  57. Retrospect of Influenzas and Epidemic Agues in the 16th and 17th centuries
  58. The Ague-Curers of the 17th Century
  59. The Peruvian Bark Controversy
  60. The Influenza of 1675
  61. The Influenza of 1679
  62. The Epidemic Agues of 1678-80
  63. The Influenza of 1688
  64. The Influenza of 1693
  65. The Influenza of 1712
  66. Epidemic Agues and Influenzas, 1727-29
  67. The Influenza of 1733
  68. The Influenza of 1737
  69. The Influenza of 1743
  70. Some Localized Influenzas and Horse-colds
  71. The Influenza of 1762
  72. The Influenza of 1767
  73. The Influenza of 1775
  74. The Influenza of 1782
  75. The Epidemic Agues of 1780-85
  76. The Influenza of 1788
  77. The Influenza of 1803
  78. The Influenza of 1831
  79. The Influenza of 1833
  80. The Influenza of 1837
  81. The Influenza of 1847-48
  82. The Influenzas of 1889-94
  83. The Theory of Influenza
  84. Influenza at Sea
  85. The Influenzas of Remote Islands
  86. Chapter IV
  87. Smallpox after the Restoration
  88. Sydenham’s Practice in Smallpox
  89. Causes of Mild or Severe Smallpox
  90. Pockmarked Faces in the 17th Century
  91. The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 17th century
  92. Smallpox in London in 1694: the death of the Queen
  93. Circumstances of the great Epidemic in 1710
  94. Inoculation brought into England
  95. The popular Origins of Inoculation
  96. Results of the first Inoculations; the Controversy in England
  97. Revival of Inoculation in 1740: a New Method
  98. The Suttonian Inoculation
  99. Extent of Inoculation in Britain to the end of the 18th Century
  100. The Epidemiology continued from 1721
  101. Smallpox in London in the middle of the 18th century
  102. The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 18th century
  103. The range of severity in Smallpox, and its circumstances
  104. Cowpox
  105. Chronology of epidemics resumed from 1801
  106. The Smallpox Epidemic of 1817-19
  107. Extent of Inoculation with Cowpox or Smallpox, 1801-1825
  108. The Smallpox Epidemic of 1825-26
  109. A generation of Smallpox in Glasgow
  110. Smallpox in Ireland, 1830-40
  111. The Epidemic of 1837-40 in England
  112. Legislation for Smallpox after the Epidemic of 1837-40
  113. Other effects of the epidemic of 1837-40 on medical opinion
  114. The age-incidence of Smallpox in various periods of history
  115. Chapter V
  116. Sydenham’s description of Measles in London, 1670 and 1674
  117. Measles in the 18th century
  118. Increasing mortality from Measles at the end of the 18th century
  119. Measles in Glasgow in 1808 and 1811-12: Researches of Watt
  120. Measles in the Period of Statistics
  121. Chapter VI
  122. Whooping-Cough in Modern Times
  123. Whooping-Cough as a Sequel of other Maladies
  124. Chapter VII
  125. The Throat-distemper of New England, 1735-36
  126. Angina maligna in England from 1739
  127. An epidemic of Throat-disease in Ireland, 1743
  128. Malignant Sore-throat in Cornwall, 1748
  129. Fothergill’s Sore-throat with Ulcers, 1746-48
  130. “Scarlet Fever” at St Albans, 1748
  131. Epidemics of Sore-throat with Scarlet rash in the period between Fothergill and Withering
  132. Scarlatina anginosa in its modern form, 1777-78
  133. History of Scarlatina after the Epidemic of 1778
  134. Scarlatina (1788) and Diphtheria (1793-94) described by the same observer
  135. Scarlatinal Epidemics, 1796-1805
  136. Scarlatina since the beginning of Registration, 1837
  137. Reappearance of Diphtheria in 1856-59
  138. Conditions Favouring Diphtheria
  139. Chapter VIII
  140. Summer Diarrhoea of Infants in London, 17th century
  141. Summer Diarrhoea of Infants, 18th century
  142. Modern Statistics of Infantile Diarrhoea
  143. Causes of the high death-rates from Infantile Diarrhoea
  144. Cholera Nostras
  145. Dysentery in the 17th and 18th centuries
  146. Dysentery in the 19th century
  147. Chapter IX
  148. Asiatic Cholera at Sunderland in October, 1831
  149. Extension of Cholera to the Tyne, December, 1831
  150. The Cholera of 1832 in Scotland
  151. The Cholera of 1832 in Ireland
  152. The Cholera of 1832 in England
  153. The Cholera of 1848-49 in Scotland
  154. The Cholera of 1849 in Ireland
  155. The Cholera of 1849 in England
  156. The Cholera of 1853 at Newcastle and Gateshead
  157. The Cholera of 1854 in England
  158. The Cholera of 1853-54 in Scotland and Ireland
  159. The Cholera of 1865-66
  160. The Antecedents of Epidemic Cholera in India

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