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Fictions of disease in early modern England : bodies, plagues and politics / Margaret Healy.
Healy, Margaret, 1955-Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
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Ordenung der Gesuntheit: a 'Regimen senitatis' in German, dedicated to Graf Rudolf von Hochenburg and his wife Margarethe von Tierstain, plus various other medical works
Date: c.1450Reference: MS.586- Books
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A help for the poor who are visited with the plague: to be communicated to them by the rich : or, by any pious Christian, whose bowels of compassion are moved towards them, in the apprehension of their comfortless condition, and the great danger of their dying in their sins. Consisting of two parts. The first, shewing them their duty and concernment in this condition. The second, exhibiting certain forms of meditation, prayer and praise, suited to the beginning, continuance and issue of their visitation. Both composed out of compassion to the poor, who in this contagious sickness want the benefit of a spiritual physician (a wise and able minister to instruct them, and pray with them:) and designed to be a help and means to save their souls: ... By Thomas Willes, late minister of Shadwell.
Willis, Thomas, 1619 or 1620-1692Date: 1666- Books
Plagues, priests, and demons : sacred narratives and the rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New / Daniel T. Reff.
Reff, Daniel T., 1949-Date: 2005- Books
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Divine energy: or the efficacious operations of the spirit of God upon the soul of man, in his Effectual Calling and Conversion, Stated, Prov'd and Vindicated. Wherein The real Weakness and Insufficiency of Moral Suasion. (without the Supereddition of the exceeding Greatness of God's Power,) for Faith, and Conversion to God, are fully evinced. Being an antidote against the Pelagian plague. By John Skepp, Late Minister of the Gospel.
Skepp, John, -1721.Date: 1722- Books
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Short instructions for the sick : especially for the contagion, or otherwise, are deprived of the presence of a faithful pastor. / By Richard Baxter.
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691Date: 1673- Books
Medicine : a magnificently illustrated history / Briony Hudson ; Nick Taylor.
Hudson, BrionyDate: 2022- Books
Miraculous plagues : an epidemiology of early New England narrative / Cristobal Silva.
Silva, Cristobal.Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Plagues upon the earth : disease and the course of human history / Kyle Harper.
Harper, Kyle, 1979-Date: [2021]- Books
Im Angesicht der "Pestilenz" : Seuchen in westfälischen und rheinischen Städten (1349-1600) / von Kay Peter Jankrift.
Jankrift, Kay PeterDate: [2020]- Books
Novel notions : medical discourse and the mapping of the imagination in eighteenth-century English fiction / Katherine E. Kickel.
Kickel, Katherine E., 1975-Date: [2007], ©2007- Books
Sick economies : drama, mercantilism, and disease in Shakespeare's England / Jonathan Gil Harris.
Harris, Jonathan Gil.Date: [2004], ©2004- Books
Nationalizing the body : the medical market, print, and daktari medicine / Projit Bihari Mukharji.
Mukharji, Projit Bihari.Date: 2009- Books
Galen's treatise Peri alypias (De indolentia) in context : a tale of resilience / edited by Caroline Petit.
Date: [2019]- Books
Health and wellness in antiquity through the Middle Ages / William H. York.
York, William Henry, 1968-Date: [2012]- Books
Muslim medical ethics : from theory to practice / edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp and Thomas Eich.
Date: [2008], ©2008- Books
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The new, impartial and complete history of England; from the very earliest period of authentic information, And most Genuine Records of Historical Evidence, to the end of the present year. Containing A Copious, Full, Accurate, Clear, Candid, Comprehensive, Impartial, Universal and Circumstantial History of Every Memorable Transaction, Interesting Event, Remarkable Occurrence, recorded in the Whole Annals of Great-Britain. With A Copious Account and circumstantial Detail of the Origin, Constitution, and Present State of this Kingdom, and of our various Conquests, Acquisitions, and Revolutions, in various Parts, at Home and Abroad. Also a Complete View of the Constitution, and political Establishments of Britain, its Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Inventions, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military and Naval Transactions, &c. Together with an Accurate Faithful Chronological Account of all The Kings and Sovereign Queens who have swayed the British Scepter, and other Illustrious Personages, who have rendered themselves conspicuous either by their Valour, their Patriotism, their Virtue, their Vice, or their Learning. The Whole Including every particular Circumstance worthy of Notice in the Annals of the British Empire, which can be supposed to come under the following Heads: War on Peace, Battles, Sieges, Blockades, Bombardments, Invasions, Usurpations, Revolutions, Rebellions, Sea-Fights, Expedititions, Insurrections, Attacks, Repulses, Ravages, Inroads, Reprisals, Crusades, Settlements, Devastations, Conquests, Defeats, Alliances, Negociations, Treaties, Surrenders, Conspiracies, Associations, Conventions, Plots, Massacres, Assassinations, Executions, Storms, Tempests, Shipwrecks, Famines, Dearths, Plagues, Mortalities, Inundations, Fires, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Institutions, Parliaments, Laws, Charters, Coronations, Discoveries, Colonies, Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Literature, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Government, &c. &c. Comprehending A Genuine Description of the Manners and Customs of the Times, And the State of the Nation during the Space of near Two Thousand Years. In which The Noble Structure of the British Constitution is traced from its original Foundation; and the Sources of all the great Events and Changes in these Kingdoms accounted for with the strictest Impartiality. Interspersed With valuable Reflections and Remarks, elucidating obscure Facts, rectifying former Difficulties, correcting the Errors of other Writers, and setting contested Circumstances in the clearest Light, by the most genuine historical Evidence. The Whole Tending to display the Patriotic Virtues of our Illustrious Ancestors, and to Inspire the Present Age with an Emulation of imitating their Glorious Examples. By Edward Barnard, Esq. Assisted by several gentlemen, who have made the History of this Country their Peculiar Study.
Barnard, Edward.Date: [1790?]- Books
Body and cosmos : studies in early Indian medical and astral sciences in honor of Kenneth G. Zysk / edited by Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, Jacob Schmidt-Madsen, Sara Speyer.
Date: [2021]- Books
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The new, comprehensive, impartial and complete history of England: from the very earliest period of authentic information, to the end of the present year. Containing A full, accurate, clear, candid, comprehensive and impartial Account of all the most remarkable Transactions, memorable Events, singular Occurrences, in which the English have been concerned, From the Remotest Period of Time, to the Present Very Important Crisis. With An interesting and circumstantial Detail of the Origin, Constitution, and Present State of this Kingdom, and of our various Conquests, Acquisitions, and Revolutions, in various Parts, at Home and Abroad. Also a Faithful Chronological Account of all The Monarchs who have swayed the British Scepter, and other Illustrious Personages, who have rendered themselves conspicuous by their Valour, their Patriotism, their Virtue, their Vice, or their Learning. The Whole Including every particular Circumstance worthy of Notice in the annals of the British Empire, which can be supposed to come under the following Heads: War on Peace, Battles, Sieges, Blockades, Bombardments, Invasions, Usurpations, Revolutions, Rebellions, Sea-Fights, Expeditions, Insurrections, Attacks, Repulses, Ravages, Inroads, Reprisals, Crusades, Settlements, Devastations, Conquests, Defeats, Alliances, Negociations, Treaties, Surrenders, Conspiracies, Associations, Conventions, Plots, Massacres, Assassinations, Executions, Storms, Tempests, Shipwrecks, Famines, Dearths, Plagues, Mortalities, Inundations, Fires, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Institutions, Parliaments, Laws, Charters, Coronations, Discoveries, Colonies, Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Literature, Civil, Ecclesiastical, And Military Government, &c. &c. Comprehending A Genuine Description of the Manners and Customs of the Times, And the State of the Nation during the Space of near Two Thousand Years. In which The Noble Structure of the British Constitution is traced from its original Foundation; and the Sources of all the great Events and Changes in these Kingdoms accounted for with the strictest Impartiality. Interspersed With valuable Reflections and Remarks, elucidating obscure Facts, rectifying former Difficulties, correcting the Errors of other Writers, and setting contested Circumstances in the clearest Light, by the most genuine historical Evidence. The Whole Tending to display the Patriotic of our Illustrious Ancestors, and to Inspire the Present Age with an Emulation of imitating their Glorious Examples. By Edward Barnard, Esq. Assisted by several gentlemen of approved Abilities, who have for many Years made the English History their chief Study, particularly Mr. Millar, The celebrated Author of the New and Universal System of Geography: An Entire Original and Improved Work, Universally acknowledged to be the Best Geographical Work ever published.
Barnard, Edward.Date: [1791?]- Books
Medieval Italy : Texts in Translation / Katherine L. Jansen, Joanna Drell, Frances Andrews.
Date: [2011]- Archives and manuscripts
Galton, Sir Francis to Karl Pearson
Date: 1893-1910Reference: GALTON/3/3/7/20Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1926-1927Reference: WF/M/GB/30/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd