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Epidemic Diseases, France, 16th-19th centuries

Transcription from a manuscript by S. de Cublac on the plague at Brive (Corrèze)

Official letter from the town council of? Montellegide to that of Valence, enquiring about the state of health there

Two letters from a M. Taxil to Lieutenant de Pandeau at Avignon, giving details of his health

Record of deliberations by the council of Montpellier concerning plague, 1631 (12 ff. including blanks), plus attached certificate, 1634.

Certificate issued by the town council of Lille to Jean Bonhomme, attesting his freedom from infectious disease

Transcript from a letter to Cardinal de Retz from an unnamed correspondent, 1664, mentioning smallpox at Fontainebleau

Letter from M. de la Michodière to his brother, secretary to the Parlement of Burgundy, describing his illness

Letter, unsigned, from Mlle de Montpensier to an unnamed correspondent at Eu, concerning a smallpox epidemic

Instruction from M. Descloureaux to the chief supply officer of the Army to furnish supplies for naval vessels, including provision for the sick

Letter from the Sieur Saint-Luc (Marquis d'Espinay Saint-Luc) to M. Satur, consul at Montauban, recommending Dr. Rochas as possessing secret remedies against the plague

Letter from Joseph de Clapier (Marquis de Vauvenarques), notable for his service during the 1720 plague outbreak at Aix-en-Provence

Letter from Verdier frères to M. Mollet, merchant at Aix, referring to plague

Letters to M. de Jossaud, commander of the army at Tarascon

Summary of news from France and abroad, including construction of hospitals in the Habsburg empire, the recovery of the Prince of Asturias from smallpox, and ceremonies at the Invalides

Account of precautions to be taken in time of plague

Letter from the Duke of Gramont to the Chevalier de Mancor, on maintenance of order and containment of an epidemic in Corsica

Letter from S. Genlis to unnamed recipients, giving observation on treatment for skin diseases

Memorandum by the States of Bigorre of precautions taken against an epidemic of epizootic disease

Letter from the Marquis de Vernac to an unnamed correspondent, mentioning an epidemic in St Petersburg

Letter from M. Isabert to M. Lorry enclosing a copy (not present) of his treatise on verminous diseases

Letter from the Baron de Beseval to M. Bertier, on epidemic diseases in Provence

Certificate, issued by the Bureau Central de Comptabilité, of payment for treatment of scabies and other diseases in the army

Letter from the Prefect of Isère Dept., M. Ricard, to the Prefect of Rhône Dept., asking for particulars of an epidemic in the latter area

Letter from Victor Hugues, agent of the French government at Cayenne, Guiana, to Citizen Bajot, Secretaire de la Marine, mentioning the fear of smallpox shown by the Indians of the interior

Letter from the Prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine Dept. to the Sub-Prefect at Redon, authorising him to instruct a designated doctor to take any action necessary to halt the spread of epidemic disease

Letter from M. Gares, 3rd Marine Division, to the Minister for War, asking about arrangements for military hospitals

Note by Dr Dumas certifying that some years before he had treated Jean Denis le Roy for smallpox

Letter from Redon de Beaupreau, Intendant General de la Marine, describing disadvantages in current system of hospital administration

Letter from Jean Jacques Vaucrollon to unspecified baron, giving news from St Barthelemy (Lesser Antilles), including measures to prevent the spread of yellow fever

Account of epidemic (symptoms and measures taken against it) in commune of Arith, Savoy

Letter from M. Vauvillard to Lucas de Montigny, mentioning the death of the Secretary of the commune of Neuilly in a cholera outbreak

Letter from A. D'Alligny to an unnamed general, reporting the arrival of a ship and various items of news, including a dysentery outbreak and events in Syria

Letter from Suleiman Pasha to an unnamed general, sending news from Egypt including an outbreak of epizootic disease and events in Syria

Letter from Hippolyte Royer-Collard (1802-1850) to an unnamed recipient, declining an invitation because "mon petit Paul" has measles

Letter from Louis Pasteur to the Russian Embassy in Paris, enclosing a reply (not present) to questions on "la vaccination charbsonneuse"

Letters from Fr. Apollinire to M. Fournier on historical researches, item 39 describing a document kept at Auxonne relating to a missionary (P. Zachaire) who distinguished himself in the 1720-1721 Provence plague outbreak

Letter by "Medicus" to the <i>Medical Times</i>, correcting a recent article that dealt with a report by the French Royal Academy of Medicine on the contagiousness of plague, and French government orders concerning quarantine

Letter from Charles Sanguin, maître d'hôtel to Louis XIII, to M. le Maréchal de Brese, referring to disease at St. Germain

Letter from Charles Sanguin, maître d'hôtel to Louis XIII, to M. le Maréchal de Brese, referring to disease at St. Germain

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