Specific contagious and frequently fatal human disease caused by Yersinia pestis

The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.

Plague in Cape Town: convicts cleansing and disinfecting infected buildings. Drawing by H. Johnson, 1891.

Christi eiusque Matris Pietate servata : provisores salutis clodiae : si parte di questa città, per la iddio gratia, libera d'ogni mal contagioso gl'infrascritti per andar ... / Ioan. Bapt. Vianellus Not. Dep.

Loimotomia, or, The pest anatomized : an historical account of the dissection of a pestilential body by the author. Together with the author's apology against the calumnies of the Galenists, and a word to Mr. Nath. Hodges, concerning his late Vindiciae medicinae.

Der schwarze Tod : eine Chronik der Pest 1348-1720, unter Benutzung zeitgenössischer Quellen / bearbeited von Johannes Nohl. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.

Saint Carlo Borromeo: he gives alms to the plague-victims in Milan. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.

Sospensione di commercio con tutta la Germania : essendo pervenuto all'Illustrissimo Magistrato della Sanità di questa città il bando, publicato da SS. Proveditori alla Sanità di Verona, della Germania da suoi confini in sù ... / Signori Presidenti del Magistrato ... Francesco Raimondi [and others].

The port of Marseille during the plague in 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.

The ship carrying the plague arrives in another country. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

People living in quarantine, during a plague epidemic in Mandalay. Photograph attributed to Criouleansky & Marshall, 1906.

Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

Processo agli untori : Milano 1630, cronaca e atti giudiziari in edizione integrale / a cura di Giuseppe Farinelli e Ermanno Paccagnini.

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

vii, 1 unnumbered page, 311 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait (engraving) ; 19 cm (12mo)

The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 : containing observations and memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, both public and private, during that dreadful period / by a citizen, who lived the whole time in London.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 7.1 x 10.1 cm

Two women, surrounded by villagers, with their heads bowed to the ground in Karanja, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

1 print : etching, with aquatint ; image 9.7 x 14.1 cm

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

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Processo agli untori : Milano 1630, cronaca e atti giudiziari in edizione integrale / a cura di Giuseppe Farinelli e Ermanno Paccagnini.

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 : containing observations and memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, both public and private, during that dreadful period / by a citizen, who lived the whole time in London.

Two women, surrounded by villagers, with their heads bowed to the ground in Karanja, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

Plague

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Processo agli untori : Milano 1630, cronaca e atti giudiziari in edizione integrale / a cura di Giuseppe Farinelli e Ermanno Paccagnini.

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 : containing observations and memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, both public and private, during that dreadful period / by a citizen, who lived the whole time in London.

Two women, surrounded by villagers, with their heads bowed to the ground in Karanja, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

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