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smallpox in the ‘Royal George,’543,cholera nostras at Portsmouth,772Linnaeus, Carolus, as nosologist,670Lipscomb, G., his prize poem on Inoculation,588Lisbon, ship fever at,105Liskeard, diphtheria in 1748,694Liverpool, typhus in 18th cent.,140,enteric in 1836,201,the Irish fever of 1847,206,recent typhus,214,influenza atmosphere in 1837,388,general inoculations,504,508,511,18th cent. smallpox,537,age-incidence of same in 1837,624,diarrhoea,765,dysentery in the Irish fever,790,cholera of 1832,826,of 1849,847,of 1854,851,of 1866,857Livingston, Dr, Aberdeen sore-throat in 1790,718,dysentery in 1789,784Lombard, H. C., enteric fever in Britain,188note,201London, Asiatic cholera of 1832,820,of 1833,834,supposed in 1837,835,epidemic of 1848-9,841,847,of 1854,853,of 1866,857London, cholera nostras in, in Sydenham’s time,769,every autumn,770,in 1669-70,771,described by Willis,772London, diphtheria in741-2London, dysentery in, names of in the Bills,774,symptoms of in 1669,776,epidemic of 1762,779,of 1779-81,783London, fever in, endemic,13,in Sydenham’s time,18-22,epidemic of 1685-6,22,identified as typhus,27,statistics of to end of 17th cent.,43,epidemic of 1694,45,statistics of 1701-20,54,epidemic of 1709-10,54,57,sample case of,55,a case of relapsing in 1710,57,epidemic of 1714,59,in 1718,64,statistics of 1720-40,65,weekly maxima 1726-29, hysteric or little,67,relapsing,69,identified as enteric,70,epidemic typhus of 1741-42,78-81,in Marshalsea prison,91,at Old Bailey in 1750,93,in gaols,97,slow remittent of 1751-55,122,typhus from 1770 to 1800,133-140,localities of,140note,hospital for in 1802,160,slight prevalence of from 1803 to 1816,163,possible enteric cases in 1808,165,epidemic of 1816-19,168,bred by insanitary state of houses,170,relapsing in 1817,172,cases of mixed in general hospitals,178,relapsing in 1826-28,182,enteric in 1826,183,change of type to spotted,188,purely typhus in 1837-38,194,epidemic typhus of 1847,205,in part relapsing,208,relapsing in 1868,211,ratios of typhus and enteric at Fever Hospital,213,season of enteric,217London, Fire of, supposed effect on plague,42London, infantile diarrhoea in, entered as “griping in the guts,”747,Harris on in 1689,749,weekly bills of in 17th cent.,750,752,753,annual deaths 1667-1720,753,some 18th cent. weekly bills,754,755,conditions favouring,756,19 cent. statistics,759-60,recent death-rates moderate,761,reasons of greater fatality in former times,763London influenza weekly mortalities, of 1580,310,of 1675,326,of 1679,329,of 1688,336,of 1693,338,of 1729,343,of 1733 and 1737,349,of 1743,350,of 1762,356,of 1775,359note,of 1782,363,of 1803,375,of 1831,379,of 1833,380,of 1837,384,of 1847,390,of 1890-94,394London, measles in, deaths from in 17th cent.,634,635,640,epidemic of 1670,653,epidemic of 1674,656,indirect effects of same contrasted with those of smallpox,658-9,deaths from in 18th cent.,641,643,epidemic of 1705-6,641,fatalities one-tenth those of smallpox,644,ratio of to all deaths,647,epidemic of 1807-8,650-1,compared with Glasgow,655,deaths from 1813 to 1837,660,in 1837-39,662,two seasonal maxima,664London, sanitary state of under George II.,84,improvement in after 1766,133,of workmen’s houses in 1819,170London, scarlatina or diphtheria in, Morton’s cases,682,cases 1739,692,Fothergill’s cases,696,Fordyce’s cases,707,Levison’s cases,708,Sims’ cases,713,Willan’s cases,714,in 1796-1802,719,Bateman’s notes of,722,mild in 1822,723,recent range of fatality,730,fatalities at home and in hospital,730,seasonal maximum,731London, smallpox of 1628 in,435,annual deaths 1629-61,436-437,epidemic of 1641,437,after the Restoration,437,ratio of adult cases 17th cent.,444,mild type in 1667-9,452,compared with that of 1751,455,estimate of proportion of faces marked by,454,epidemic of 1694,458,of 1710,461,annual deaths 1701-20,461,private hospitals for,463,public hospital for,505,533,prevalence in middle of 18th cent.,529,table of weekly deaths in 1752,532,smaller mortality of infants from than in provincial towns,534,annual deaths 1761-1800,535,in the Foundling Hospital,550,annual deaths 1801-37,568,epidemic of 1817-19,580,in Christ’s Hospital in 1818,581,epidemic of 1825,593,annual deaths 1837-1893,613,excessive incidence of from 1871 to 1885,616,age, sex and fatality of in epidemic of 1871-72,618,varying fatality of from 1871 to 1893,619,fatality at each age-period in 1893,619,ages at death from in 1845,624London, whooping-cough, ratio of to all deaths 1731-1831,647,annual mortality 1701-1782,669,same from 1783 to 1812,655Londonderry, sickness in siege of,229,cholera in 1832,818Louis, P. Ch. Afièvre typhoide,196noteLower, Richard, against bark in fever,323,his advice to Queen Mary,459Lucas, James, typhus in Leeds,146,smallpox and inoculation,510,555Lucretius, air-borne infection,408Lynn, smallpox in 1819,580Lynn, Walter, opposes blooding in smallpox,449,smallpox in 1710-14,462Macaulay, Lord, on the Soho plague-pit,38,eloquent on smallpox,454,on the death of Queen Mary,460noteMcCarthy, Alexander, state of Skibbereen in 1826,274Maidstone, gaol fever at,153,diphtheria and ground-water,744Maitland, Charles, inoculator,467-71Mallet, Mr, catalogue of earthquakes,407Malthus, T. R., population and potatoes,253,284,285note,one infection will replace another,629Manchester, miliary fever becomes rare,131,increase of population,146,typhus in end of 18th cent.,149,statistics of fever hospital,164,distress and typhus 1839-41,197,amount of enteric fever in 1836,201,typhus in 1847,207,in 1863-5,209,smallpox in 18th cent.,536,extent of early vaccination,583,mortality by smallpox in 1826,593,measles in 18th cent.,644,scarlatina in 1805,722,cholera nostras in 1794,773,cholera in 1832,826,in 1849,846Manningham, Sir Richard, on “little” or hysteric fever,70Mapletoft, Dr, his experience of smallpox,546Mary, Queen of William III, dies of smallpox,459Marsh feversdistinct from epidemic agues,302,367,369Marshalsea prison, state of in 1729,91Mason, Simon, on ague-curers,325Massey, Isaac, smallpox seldom fatal in schoolboys,545Mather, Cotton, instigates to inoculation,485Maty, M. defends Gatti’s inoculations,496,proposes general inoculation of infants,506May, William, fever and influenza in Cornwall,373Mead, Richard, the Dunkirk rant,340,no failures of inoculation,487,488Measles, etymology of,632,variolaetranslated by,633,in 17th cent.,634,640,Sydenham on,635,indirect mortality from in 1674,636,in 18th cent.,641,at Manchester,644,at Northampton,645,in the Foundling Hospital,646,increased fatality at end of 18 cent.,647,anomalous at Uxbridge,649,the great epidemic of 1807-8,651,the epidemic in Glasgow,652,comparison of in London and Glasgow,655,Watt’s doctrine of substitution,655-7,reception of same,657,sequelae of,659,recent statistics of,660,recent highest death-rates from,663,progression of epidemics,663,season of,664,age-incidence of,664,an illustrative epidemic of,665Merthyr Tydvil, enteric fever,219,cholera in 1849,844-5,847,in 1854,851,in 1866,857Miasmatic infection, Sydenham’s and Boyle’s doctrine of,29,400,of enteric fever,222-3,of endemic ague,302,of influenza in,401-5,after earthquakes,415-20,of dengue,424,not excluded in scarlatina,732,of diphtheria,745,of dysentery,788,of cholera,842Middlesborough, enteric fever,221Miliary fever,72,76,124,127,128-131Milk, a vehicle of enteric fever,222,of scarlatina,734,of diphtheria,745Millar, Dr, isolation of fever patients,178Miller, Hugh, Cromarty cholera,814Molyneux, Dr, influenza of 1688,336,of 1693,337Minorca, localized influenza of 1748,352,mild and severe smallpox,547Missenden, Great, inoculation revived,592Moir, D. M., Musselburgh cholera,806Monro, Alexander, primus, influenza of 1762,357note,procuring the smallpox in Scotland,471,inoculation in same,509Monro, A. Campbell, measles at Jarrow,663Monro, Donald, war typhus,110Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, favours inoculation,467-8,referred to in prize poem,588Moore, John, on “putrid” fevers,130,improved health of London,133Morley, Christopher Love, epidemic agues and influenzas of 1678-79,329,332Morton, Richard, worm fever,7,scale of malignity in fevers,16,fevers of 1678-80,21,smallpox not fatal to infants,441,opposed to the cooling regimen in do.,448,fourteen things that make smallpox severe,451-2,pock-pits,456,measles of 1674,657,his view of scarlatina,682,cholera nostras,771,dysentery infective,772Moryson, Fynes, dietetic habits of Irish,226Moseley, Benjamin, practice of vaccination in 1808,586Moss, Mr, Liverpool public health 18th cent.,141note,368Mudge, John, experiment in inoculation,501,558Mulgrave, Lord, vaccination among rich and poor,589Murchison, Charles, enteric fever in Edinburgh,200,cause of increase of same in London,202,history of relapsing fever 1842,203,enteric of 1846,206note,table of typhus in hospitals,210,confuses marsh agues with epidemic agues,303-4note,cerebro-spinal fever a variety of typhus,863Murre, old name of influenza,305,432Musselburgh, cholera in 1832,806Nairn, war typhus in 1746,109,cholera in 1832,813-14Navy, health of in 17th cent.,102,in 18th cent.,104,Smollett on,107note,in the Seven Years’ War and American War,111-117,improvement in,119Neath, high scarlatina death-rate,728,cholera in 1849,845,in 1866,857Nervousfever, of Willis in 1661,5,or hysteric,67,70,of Wintringham and Hillary,72,of Gilchrist,75,of Huxham,76,or putrid,120-128Nettleton, Thomas, pioneer of inoculation,470,inspires Jurin,479,gives a real smallpox,483,his theory of inoculation,483-4,ceases to inoculate,485,his statistics of smallpox fatality,518Newacquaintance,308,ague,306,307,delight,332,disease,312-13,344,Boyle on,313note,distemper of 1688,335,fever of Sydenham,23,27Newburn, cholera of 1832,804Newcastle-on-Tyne, typhus in 18th cent.,142,156note,in 1816-19,172,“jolly rant” of 1675,327note,agues of 1780,369,inoculation of infants,507,no smallpox statistics,539,comparison of inoculations and vaccinations,582,scarlatina in 1778-9,712,in 1779-1802,720,in 1802-27,723,dysentery 18th cent.,780,784,cholera of 1831-2,802,cholera of 1853,849Newcastle-under-Lyme, cholera of 1849,847Newhaven, cholera of 1848,835Newman, John Henry, priests in the Irish fever,207note,“chemists for our cooks,”280Newton Stewart, smallpox of 1816,574Norfolk Island, strangers’ cold of,432North, Roger, his fever in 1661,8,on Lord Guildford’s fever,321,fashion of blood-letting,325noteNorthampton, smallpox statistics in 1747,524,vital statistics,525,measles and whooping-cough 18th cent.,645,infantile diarrhoea,765Norwich, high mortality of 1740-42,82,smallpox beginning of 19th cent.,569,578,epidemic of 1819,578,vaccinations at,585,inoculations at,591,smallpox in 1838-9,605,infantile diarrhoea,766Notificationat Leeds in 1804,180note,and incorrect diagnosis,864Nottingham, fever in 1808,165,


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