An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771 / by Charles de Mertens, M.D. ... ; translated from the French, with notes.

  • Mertens, Charles de, 1737-1788.
Date:
1799
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Credit: An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771 / by Charles de Mertens, M.D. ... ; translated from the French, with notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    with fuccefs a powder, called antipejltlenttaly of which fulphur and nitre formed the bafis ; fome bran and other vegetable fubftances, fuch as abrotanum, juniper-berries, &c. to- gether with certain refins, were added; but in my opinion thefe refins are totally ufelefs, and only increafe the expence ^. The acid vapours * The following is the compofition of thefe fumigating powders, as publlfhed by the Council of Health. (See Or- raus^ p. 136, 137.) The Jlrong antipejiilential powder confifted of juniper tops (cut fmall,) guaiacum (havings, juniper berries, bran, of each 6 fe, nitre Sffe, fulphur 6]^, myrrh aft, 7'he weaker antipejiilential powder confifted of the herb abrotanum 6ife, juniper tops 4J5, juniper berries 3|fe, nitre 4lfe, fulphur 2f Jfe, myrrh i|ife. The odoriferous antipejiilential powder confifted of cala- mus aromaticus 3 jfe, frankincenfe 2}fe, amber I jfe, ftorax and dried rofcs, of each |fc, myrrh ifc, nitre ife 8 oz. fulphur 4 oz. Of thefe powders, the firft was employed to fumigate the houfes and goods of the infefted, fuch as woollens, furs, &c. ; the fecond, for fumigating houfes only fuf- pcdted, and more delicate articles, which would have been fpoiled by the firft ; the laft was employed (by way of pre- vention) in inhabited houfes* (Wc