Evils of quarantine laws, and non-existence of pestilential contagion : deduced from the phaenomena of the plague of the Levant, the yellow fever of Spain, and the cholera morbus of Asia.

  • Maclean, Charles, active 1788-1824.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Evils of quarantine laws, and non-existence of pestilential contagion : deduced from the phaenomena of the plague of the Levant, the yellow fever of Spain, and the cholera morbus of Asia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cipal remedy were even administered at what I had laid down as the exact scientific interval, in such a case, of two hours) I cannot even form a probable conjecture. On the one hand, it seems very difficult to believe that the author of doctrines so very peculiar, and which had, for upwards of a quarter of a century, been per- vading the four quarters of the globe; which from the year 1808 had been the subject of medical lectures, and in 1817 and 1818 of publications that have attracted much notice, in the metropolis of Britain, could have been utterly unknown to them. On the other hand, it is not less difficult to believe, that honourable men, like Doctors Roget and Latham, would have committed the injustice of remaming silent, or the meanness of feigning ignorance, on such a point, had their knowledge of the author been sufficiently clear and decided. The ex- planation of these points, however, is a matter which concerns themselves only : for me, it is sufficient to take measures for the due main- tenance of my rights; and to counteract the intrigues of my adversaries, which is their only formidable weapon for preventing the circulation and retarding the adoption of my discoveries. The efforts which have been made in this way, by the schools, are, for baseness, extent, and perseverance, almost incredible.