An authentick account of the measures and precautions used at Venice / by the Magistrate of the Office of Health, for the preservation of the publick health.

Date:
1752
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An authentick account of the measures and precautions used at Venice / by the Magistrate of the Office of Health, for the preservation of the publick health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i t >9 ] dian and Water near the Place for that Ufe: However, Wax and Tallow Candles muff go through a full Quarantine, becaufe of the Cotton in them. But if it is agreed to have them foaked in Water, they are cleared. All Woolly Animals perform the full Quarantine of Merchandizes. Thofe that have fhort Hair are pafled through Water, and fo purified. Feathered Animals muff be fprinkled often with Vinegar, fo as to be quite wet through, and are then free. Having now defcribed the Kinds of Goods that by their own Nature are fubjedt to very exadt Expurgation, there remains to mention another Kind, which, though not fo of itfelf, becomes fo from Circumftances : Of this Sort are faked Buffalo’s Hides* which come from Conjlantinople, Alexandria, &c. which, when falted, and very inoift, may be delivered out ; but when dry, and ill foaked, they go through the full Quarantine of Goods. The Wild Safran, which is in itfelf looked upon as free, might be alfo delivered cut; yet, as it is apt to grow mealy, the Con- fideration of its being lapt up in Cafes, fubjedls it to a Quaran¬ tine ; and confequently every Thing in general incurs Expurga¬ tion, which cannot, or mufi; not be feparated from its En¬ velop. It has been faid, that there are many Things that may be taken away from the Ships, or out of the Lazarettos, i. e. all Things of a Nature not fufceptible, and that come loofe, or elfe come inclofed in fuch Things as are free, being probably purified by the volatile Nature of what they contain. H Of
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