The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation / By Alex. Russell, M. D.

  • Russell, Alexander, 1715?-1768.
Date:
MDCCCLVI [i.e. 1756]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation / By Alex. Russell, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And fo generally was his great knowledge of this dis¬ temper eftablifhed, that in the latter end of the year 1757, when our miniftry was alarmed with a report of its being broke out at Lifbon, and earneftly follicitous to take every precaution to prevent its being imported into this kingdom, they thought no perfon fo fit to be confulted on the means proper to be purfued, as our worthy colleague. Do&or Ruffell received his orders to attend the Privy Council; he came, and gave fuch pertinent and fatisfa&ory anfwers to the queftions propofed, that he was defired to com¬ municate his information, and the method he propofed to prevent the fpreading of that calamity in writing. This he accordingly did ; and fhould it pleafe the Almighty here¬ after to threaten this nation with that dreadful fcourge, the profecution of the plans then fuggefted, may perhaps great¬ ly contribute to avert from us the moft terrible of all dif- eafes. From the time he left England, to his return in February I75'>? we had maintained a regular correfpondence. I could not forbear mentioning to him repeatedly, how ac¬ ceptable a more accurate account of Aleppo would be to this nation, and to all Europe ; that no perfon would probably ever ftand a chance of fucceeding in it fo happily as himfelf; that his long refidence there, his knowledge of the language, the .manners, cuftoms, difeafes of the place, the great cre¬ dit