18th cent. smallpox,522,infantile diarrhoea,761-2O’Brien, John, Dublin dysentery in 1825,271,relapsing fever in 1826,272,intermittents in 1827,273,297O’Brien, W. Smith, native resources of Ireland,281O’Connell, Daniel, export of Irish corn in famine,280O’Connell, Maurice, Irish famine of 1740,241,dysentery from it,242,the mortality from it,244O’Connor, Dennis, types of fever in Cork 1849-65,297O’Rourke, Rev. John, history of the Irish famine of 1847,279noteOgle, William, influenza mortality,395,progression of measles epidemics,663,age and sex in scarlatina deaths,729,diarrhoea and heat,762Oglethorpe, General, reports on state of gaols,91Old Bailey, black assize of 1750,93Ormerod, E. L., relapsing fever with miliaria,129,208Oxford, fevers of children in 1655 and 1661,5-7,epidemic fever in Wadham College,59,typhus in 1785,153,smallpox in 1649 and 1654,437,in 1661,439,usually mild,444,cholera of 1854,851notePaderborn, sickness in British troops,110Painswick, typhus in 1785,154,epidemic agues,369,general inoculation,509,smallpox fatal during typhus,550Paisley, an epidemic of fever in 1811,165,cholera of 1831-2,813Palatinate, war typhus of 1621,32Parish Clerks of London, the bills of become inadequate,385,594,596,statistics of smallpox from in 1628,435,scarlatina appears in,725Paris, type of fever in 1700,53,smallpox of adults in 1825,593,same compared with Glasgow in 1850-51,601,611,whooping-cough in 1578,666,cholera of 1832,821,830noteParkin, John, epidemics and electricity,406note,cholera water-borne,832Parsons, H. Franklin, reports on influenza of 1890-92,396notePeacock, T. B., influenza of 1847,391Pearson, George, nature of cowpox,560,cowpox not smallpox of the cow,563,second infection with cowpox impossible,610Peel, Sir Robert, policy in Irish famine of 1817,266,in famine of 1845-46,279Peninsular War, decline of fevers in Britain during,162-64,557,569Pepys, Samuel, fever of 1661,9,of the queen in 1663,13,of 1694,44,duchess of Richmond’s smallpox,454Percival, Thomas, decline of miliary fever,131,Manchester public health,146,statistics of smallpox,536,of measles,644Perkins, W. L., nosology of putrid sore-throats,712notePerth, fever of 1622,30,enteric fever in 1864,210,cholera of 1832,813-14Peru, influenza of 1759,354,earthquake of 1687,421,influenza of 1720,422Pestilential fever,16,22,30,67,in London in 1773,137Peterborough, plague in 1666-7,34Pettenkofer, Max von, infection in the subsoil,403,English officials prejudiced against his doctrine,859Peyer’s patches, theoretical relation of to ague,2,found diseased in London fevers,186,in Anstruther fevers,189Philadelphia, measles brought to by Irish,649Physicians, College of, memorial against drink,84,756,inquiry on influenza of 1782,363,their Dispensary,462note,declare inoculation in 1754 to be salutary,516,608,but in 1807 to be mischievous,609,inquiries on cholera of 1849,846notePlague, extinction of,34-43,effects of upon Chester,40,alarm of in 1710,58,rumour of in London in 1799,140Plot, Robert, smallpox mild,444Plymouth, 18th cent. types of fever,74,worm fever,75,malignant fever,77,ship fever,78,anginose fever,125,699,dysentery and fever after Corunna,166,influenza of 1729,345,horse-colds,345-6,influenza of 1733,347,of 1743,351,of 1788,371,influenza in the fleet in 1782,426,smallpox of 1724-25,520,malignant sore-throat,695,699,recent measles and scarlatina,720,dysentery,778,cholera of 1832,829Pockpitted faces, in 17th cent. London,454,the Vaccine Board on decrease of,456notePoland, buying the smallpox in,473Popham, John, Cork workhouse in 1846,286Population, increase of North of Trent,144,in Ireland,250,after potato famine,283,principle of,657Port Royal, earthquake of 1692,415Portsmouth, dysentery in crews in 1696,104,ship fever in 1779,116,influenza in new arrivals in 1788,372,agues and fluxes,772Posse, old name of influenza or catarrh,305note,308notePotatoes, in Ireland,241,252,284Preston, infantile diarrhoea,705,suffers little from cholera,823Prices, in 18th cent.,62,131,in 1801,159,in second half of French war,162,256-7,effects of fall of in Ireland,268Prichard, J. C., Bristol fever 1817-19,173,cases not isolated,179Pringle, Sir John, ventilation of Newgate,94,war dysentery and typhus,108-10,nosology of continued fevers,130,improved state of London,133,little smallpox in campaigns,545,dysentery rarely epidemic in London,779notePrisons, state of early in 18th cent.,90-92,Howard’s visitations of,95,Lettsom’s cases of fever in,97,fever in 1785-88,153,little smallpox in,544,Neild’s reforms of,628Pulteney, R., Blandford, smallpox,513Purples, meaning of,680Putrid fever, in the sense of Willis,16,in 18th century sense,120-8,129-30,683,700Putrid measles,705Pylarini, Jacob, on transplantation of smallpox,465,476Quarantine, for plague pressed on the Ministry by Swift,58note,in the cholera of 1831-32,794,798,799,814,820Queensferry North, vaccinations during an epidemic,585Radcliffe, John, attends Queen Mary in smallpox,460noteRanby, John, his pamphlet against Jurin,481note,his inoculation practice,504Reid, John, enteric fever at Edinburgh,199Reid, Seaton, relapsing synocha,177Relapsing fever, case of in London 1710,57,in 1727-29,69,74,at Edinburgh 1735,76,in Gloucestershire in 1794,156,in London in 1817,168,172,affinities of,177,in Scotland in 1817-19,174,in 1827-28,181,in London,182,in Scotland in 1842-44,203,in 1847,208,in 1869-71,210,in Dublin in 1738,239,in 1746-48,243,in Ireland in 1799-1801,450,in 1817-19,266,in 1826,271-2,in 1846-7,289,not always associated with want,211Remittent fever,68,69note,72,in London in 1751-55,122,Cormack on,392noteReynolds, Revell, epidemic agues of 1780,366Rheumatic fever, its relation to dysentery,782Ricketsin London 18th cent.,756,relation of to infantile diarrhoea,766Rigby, Edward, vaccinations at Norwich,584Ripon, fevers at in 1726-28,72Roberton, John, vaccination at Manchester,583,smallpox after vaccination,597note,measles in Edinburgh 1808,651,criticism of Watt,658Robertson, Robert, ship fever,114,influenza of 1782 in the fleet,426,no fatalities in smallpox,546Rochdale, fever of 1818,171Rogan, Francis, slaughter-houses not noxious,236note,population in Tyrone 1817,253,cottiers in same,255,famine of 1817,257,dysentery and fever of,258-260,ratio of attacks,263,smallpox in the famine of 1817,573Rogers, James E. Thorold, starvation wages 18th cent.,62,Malthus and high standard of living,285noteRogers, Joseph, criticism of Sydenham,10,epidemic in Wadham College,59,fevers in Cork 18th cent.,234Roseola, epidemic, supposed the scarlatina of Sydenham,681Rouen, epidemic fever of 1753-4,121Royston, William, epidemic agues of 1780 and 1808,378noteRumsey, Henry, epidemic sore-throat in Chesham,715,“the croup†in the same,716Rush, Benjamin, smallpox after inoculation,488,infantile diarrhoea,758Russell, Lord John, cost of Irish potato famine,282Russell, James B., scarlatina from cows’ milk,734noteRuston, Thomas, antidotes to smallpox,494noteRutty, John, “putrid†fevers in Dublin,127,245,nervous and relapsing fevers,239,240,243,famine fever of, 1740244,agues and horse-colds,354,smallpox in Ireland,543,malignant during typhus,549,throat-distemper of 1743,693Ryan, Dennis, dysentery in transports,784St Andrews, smallpox in 1818,575,dysentery in 1736,778St Kilda, strangers’ cold,431Salford, infantile diarrhoea,761-2,765note,cholera of 1832,828Salisbury, smallpox in 18th cent.,528,cholera in 1832,829,in 1849,847Sanderson, J. B., diphtheritic membrane,740noteSauvages, F. B. de, his nosology,670,678Scarlatinaand diphtheria, 18th cent.,678,simplex of Sydenham,680,of Sibbald,681,perhaps epidemic roseola,681note,Morton’s view of,682,anginosa at Edinburgh,684,at Plymouth,684,popular name of epidemic sore-throat,687,697,701,Cotton’s name for epidemic sore-throat in 1748,698,called miliary,688,703,diagnosis from anomalous measles,649,705,mild at Ipswich in 1771,708,anginosa in London in, 1777708,Withering on,711,Heberden on,712note,Willan’s statistics 1786,714,Rumsey on,715,epidemic period 1796-1805,719,mildness of type 1805-31,722-5,modern statistics of,726,incidence on age and sex,729,range of fatality,730,fatalities at home and in hospital,730,alleged influence of drought,731,maximum in late autumn,731,question of miasma,732,uncertainty of its contagion,733,in children’s hospitals,733,from cows’ milk,734,as a septic disease,735Schacht, Lucas, fevers of Leyden,332Schultz, Simon, buying the smallpox,473Scurvy, supposed prevalence of on land in 17th cent.,1,317,319Sedgley, cholera of 1832,825Seven ill years, fevers of in Scotland,47-52Sewerageof London858,of Lancashire towns,209,defects of in new mining townships,220,845Shapter, Thomas, influenza contagious,387,Exeter, cholera in 1832,829Sharkey, Edmond, Asiatic cholera in 1837 at Berehaven,834noteSheffield, vital statistics of 17th cent.,58,epidemic sore-throat 18th cent.,696,704,diarrhoea during cholera,842note,cholera in 1849,848Ships, cholera in,826,857,fever in,seeNavy,influenza in,425-31Short, Thomas, scarlatina in 1759,704Sibbald, Sir Robert, diseases of Scots 17th cent.,48,bleeding in smallpox,447,scarlatina,681Simon, Sir John, inquiry on diphtheria,739,general principles of sanitation,834,report on Newcastle cholera in 1853,849Simple continued fever, a common form in the epidemic of 1817-19,168-174,relation of to relapsing fever,177,272,in London 1826-28,182,in Bristol,189note,176,recent statistics of,212,216,296Simpson, Sir J. Y., cholera of 1832,815noteSimpson, William, choleraic season of 1678,333Sims, James, London typhus in 1786,138,Tyrone fevers 18th cent.,127,246,smallpox,543,London scarlatina in 1786,713,in 1798,719Skibbereen, dysentery in 1826,273,exports of food from,280,sicknesses of the great famine,286,287,288Slatholm, Dr, against blooding and cooling in smallpox,447,smallpox transferred to a sheep,475Sligo, cholera of 1832,818Sloane, Sir Hans, Jamaica earthquakes,415,procures account of inoculation,465,advises the king on same,469Smallpox, references to before 1660,434,after the Restoration,437,alleged increase of fatality,439,alleged mildness in infants,441,largely a disease of adults in 17th cent.,443,the cooling regimen in,445,Morton on the causes of a severe type,451,marks of a recent epidemic visible,454,estimate of the numbers marked by in 17th cent.,455,London deaths by from 1661 to 1700,456,in the country at end of 17th cent.,458,death of Queen Mary from haemorrhagic form of,458,epidemic in 1710,461,a trouble in great houses,462,houses for, kept by nurses,463,at Boston, New England, in 1721,485,626,at Charleston,490,hospital in London for,505,at Blandford,513,in the Foundling Hospital,514,table of epidemics of from 1721 to 1729,518,at Hertford in 1721,519,at Plymouth in 1724,520,at Aynho,520,at Hastings,521,at Nottingham,522,at Edinburgh 18th cent.,523,at Northampton,524,at Boston,525,540,at Kilmarnock,526,intervals between epidemics of,527,various epidemics 1751-53,529,London deaths 1721-60,531,weekly deaths in 1752,532,among London infants,533,London deaths 1761-1800,535,18th cent. statistics of Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Carlisle and Glasgow,536-40,in parishes of Scotland 18th cent.,541,in Ireland,543,in the army and navy,543,wide range of fatality,544,comparison of epidemics at Chester and Warrington,550,