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In this first volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton begins his examination of diseases in Britain from the first British epidemic in 664 AD to the end of the Great Plague in 1666. The work is broken down by time period and disease.

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1. Pestilences previous to the Black Death, chiefly from famines; 2. Leprosy in medieval Britain; 3. The Black Death of 1348–9; 4. England after the Black Death, with the epidemics to 1485; 5. The sweating sickness, 1485–1551; 6. Plague in the Tudor period; 7. Gaol fevers, influenzas, and other fevers in the Tudor period; 8. The French pox; 9. Smallpox and measles; 10. Plague, fever and influenza from the accession of James I to the Restoration; 11. Sicknesses of early voyages and colonies; 12. The Great Plague of London, and the last of plague in England.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/24/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107621930, 978-1107621930
      ISBN10: 1107621933
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this first volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton begins his examination of diseases in Britain from the first British epidemic in 664 AD to the end of the Great Plague in 1666. The work is broken down by time period and disease.

      Table of Contents
      1. Pestilences previous to the Black Death, chiefly from famines; 2. Leprosy in medieval Britain; 3. The Black Death of 1348–9; 4. England after the Black Death, with the epidemics to 1485; 5. The sweating sickness, 1485–1551; 6. Plague in the Tudor period; 7. Gaol fevers, influenzas, and other fevers in the Tudor period; 8. The French pox; 9. Smallpox and measles; 10. Plague, fever and influenza from the accession of James I to the Restoration; 11. Sicknesses of early voyages and colonies; 12. The Great Plague of London, and the last of plague in England.

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