An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771 / By Charles de Mertens ... Translated from the French, with notes [by R. Pearson].

  • 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 ... Translated from the French, with notes [by R. Pearson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ I*1 ] a thoufand perfons in a day. I had the chil¬ dren who were brought to this quarantine- houfe, ftripped to the Ikin ; after which their clothes were burnt, their bodies wafhed all over with vinegar and water, and new clothes put upon them. I kept them for the fpace of a fortnight in three rooms detached from the reft ; if, after that time, no figns of the plague appeared among them, they were put (having previoufly changed their clothes) each in the order in which he finifhed this firft term of probation, in the common dwelling- rooms of the quarantine-houfe ; here they remained another fortnight, before they were removed to the Great Hofpital. I vifited every day thefe children and the lying-in wo¬ men One infant was brought with a pefti- lential bubo, and two others, during the time of their quarantine, had the plague with bu¬ boes, as mentioned in a former part of this * In this quarantine-houfe I alfo eftablifhed a fmali hof¬ pital for the reception of pregnant women, and the care of them after their delivery, as long as the plague might con¬ tinue. Mr. de Durnowo undertook the management of this eftablifhment. I treatife.