The Conquest of Epidemic Disease: A Chapter in the History of IdeasThis book details the history of epidemic disease and the causation theories associated with epidemics. |
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... death of the Earl and Countess of Rutland and their children by means of the evil eye were put to death at this period . Sir Thomas Browne , who admits that " I am , I confess , naturally inclined to that which misguided zeal terms ...
... death of the Earl and Countess of Rutland and their children by means of the evil eye were put to death at this period . Sir Thomas Browne , who admits that " I am , I confess , naturally inclined to that which misguided zeal terms ...
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... death had been , whether in winter or in summer ; and if anyone did so he put himself in peril of death . " The power of the church and of the law was shattered . The monas- teries and the universities were robbed of their leadership ...
... death had been , whether in winter or in summer ; and if anyone did so he put himself in peril of death . " The power of the church and of the law was shattered . The monas- teries and the universities were robbed of their leadership ...
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... death by measles ; —but , with these exceptions , all the 626 districts had deaths from the three diseases - deaths ... death by measles , nor a single death by small - pox , nor a single death by scarlet fever . And why ? Not because of ...
... death by measles ; —but , with these exceptions , all the 626 districts had deaths from the three diseases - deaths ... death by measles , nor a single death by small - pox , nor a single death by scarlet fever . And why ? Not because of ...
Contents
THE LAST OF THE PLAGUE TRACTATES | 176 |
THE ENIGMA OF YELLOW FEVER | 193 |
THE GREAT SANITARY AWAKENING | 236 |
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