An historical investigation into the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe : with remarks on its particular nature : to which are added, observations on the non-necessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, by the vessels arriving from the Mediterranean at British, French, and other ports / by M. Sanchez ; translated from the French by Joseph Skinner.

  • Sanches, António Nunes Ribeiro, 1699-1783.
Date:
1790
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Credit: An historical investigation into the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe : with remarks on its particular nature : to which are added, observations on the non-necessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, by the vessels arriving from the Mediterranean at British, French, and other ports / by M. Sanchez ; translated from the French by Joseph Skinner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    SECTION VIII. On the Communication hy Sea of contagious Difeafes, and on the Quarantines objerved during the Time of the Plague raging in any of the Countries bordering on the Me- diterranean. A N Englifh author*, reafoning upon -*■ the ground of experience, and the re- fearches he has made, ridicules the qua- rantines which veflels are obliged to undergo after having quitted places infedted by the plague. Thefe quarantines were put in practice during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, by the Venetians and Genoefe, who traded in the Levant; and notwith- Ifanding the progrefs of fcience in Europe, this pradtice has been adopted by all the maratime ftates. Let us agree, for example, that the crew of a French or Englifh vellel, detained in the road of Alexandria or Smyrna, during the time of the peftilence prevailing at either * Mr. Dale Ingram, Surgeon. of