
A History of Epidemics in Britain: Volume 2, From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time
Volume 2, from the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time
Charles Creighton(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 24. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
896 pages
978-1-107-62195-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this second volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton continues his examination of diseases in Britain from the time of Charles II to the time of the volume's publication in 1894. The work is broken down by disease, ranging from typhus to childhood diseases, as well as examining the origin and consequences of specific outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Ireland and among British troops abroad. This work will be of value to medical historians and those with an interest in epidemiology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
1426 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-62195-4 (9781107621954)
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Content
1. Typhus and other continued fevers; 2. Fever and dysentery in Ireland; 3. Influenzas and epidemic agues; 4. Smallpox; 5. Measles; 6. Whooping-cough; 7. Scarlatina and diptheria; 8. Infantile diarrhoea, cholera nostras, and dysentery; 9. Asiatic cholera.