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A Treatise on Plague
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A comprehensive 1905 study of bubonic plague, charting its 3000-year history, and including data on diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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A comprehensive 1905 study of the bubonic plague, charting its 3000-year history, its spread across the world and its devastating effect on human populations. The book includes clinical data on the causes of the disease, its effects on the human body, its transmission, and its diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
| Author | W. J. Simpson |
|---|---|
| Table Of Content | Preface Part 1. History and Distribution of Plague: 1. Plague from the early centuries to the 19th century 2. Plague in India 3. The present pandemic Part 2. Epidemiology of Plague: 4. Nature of infection 5. The relationship of epizootics to plague 6. Different views as regards the etiology of pandemics and epidemics of plague 7. Variation in powers of diffusion of epidemics, and the effect of seasonal influences on them 8. Variation in virulence of plague epidemics 9. Fostering conditions of endemicity and epidemicity 10. Diffusion and modes of dissemination 11. Modes of dissemination in an infected locality Part 3. Plague in the Individual: 12. Morbid anatomy and pathology 13. Channels of infection 14. Clinical features 15. Diagnosis and prognosis 16. Treatment Part 4. Measures for Prevention and Suppression of Plague: 17. Measures employed before the discovery of the bacillus 18. Existing measures against plague after discovery of bacillus 19. Measures to combat an outbreak of plague in a locality 20. Preventive inoculation 21. Conclusion Appendix 1. Reported deaths from plague in India in 1904, extracted from the official weekly returns Appendix 2. The International Sanitary Convention of Paris, 1903 Index. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Publish Date | 31 Oct 2010 |
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