The history of plague, as it has lately appeared in the islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia &c : detailing important facts, illustrative of the special contagion of that disease, with particulars of the means adopted for its eradication / by J.D. Tully.

  • Tully, J. D. (John Dillon)
Date:
1821
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Credit: The history of plague, as it has lately appeared in the islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia &c : detailing important facts, illustrative of the special contagion of that disease, with particulars of the means adopted for its eradication / by J.D. Tully. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VIII. Brief Sketch of the late Plague at Noia—The Measures im- mediately taken to confine the Contagion—The Efficacy of Cordons further proved. Page 211. CHAPTER IX. General Observations—Plague not productive of Danger, un- less through the Medium of Contact—The Necessity of Quarantine Establishments maintained—Enforced by Buonaparte when in Egypt—The Danger arising from Intercourse with that Country—Mode of purifying in- fected Articles—Its Efficacy particularly proved by the Experience of the Plague at Cephalonia—Unnecessary Length of the general Period of Quarantine—Motives to which this may most probably be attributed—Persons usually employed as Expurgators in Lazarettos—Is Man really susceptible of repeated Attacks of Plague? Page 218. CHAPTER X. The Contagion of Plague proved by the healthy State of the Troops, employed both in Malta and the Ionian Islands, during the Existence of Plague there—Plague contrasted with Epidemic Diseases, in the Instance of the 14th Regiment at Argostoli, in Cephalonia—Comitato a Spot peculiarly healthy from its local Situation—Fact re- lated by Dr. Greaves to have occurred during the Plague of Malta, undeniably shewing the Contagion of the Dis- ease—Casual Diseases occurring during a Season of Plague, not to be confounded with Plague—Necessity of Discrimination in Plague cases—The Atmosphere proved to undergo no Change during the Existence of Plague. Page 245.