Some observations concerning the plague. Occasion'd by, and with some reference to, the late ingenious discourse of the learned Dr. Mead, 'Concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to prevent it.' / By a well-wisher to the publick.
- Date:
- 1721
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Some observations concerning the plague. Occasion'd by, and with some reference to, the late ingenious discourse of the learned Dr. Mead, 'Concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to prevent it.' / By a well-wisher to the publick. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![fo full of Worms, within an Hour or two after the Enaiffion as even aftonilhed him j from whence he perfuades himfelf, that Man may (not only after his Death but even) while alive, be plentifully itored with fuch vile Animalcules, tho’ the Senfe cannot difcern them •, and that on this, as well as other Ac¬ counts, Job fpeaks as he does, Chap. 17.14* L { yave faicl to Corruption,, Thou art my Father, to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and my Siflerti] He goes on to fnew that this Verminofe Brood, which (according to his Opinion) is caft forth in very great Quantity both from the Living Bodies of fucn as are injected with the Plague, and from the Carcafes of the Dead'when they begin to putrify, being received into the inner- moit Parts of Linnen and Woolen Cloaths, and the like are there cherilhed, and therewith conveyed to diftant Places •, and that this is the firft and principal Seminary of the whole Contagion, as he endeavours to llaew more at large. But fuch as defire further Information as to this Particular, mull have recourle to the Book it felf; for it would require much more Time and Room than can be allowed at prelent, but to make an Abridgment of his copious Dilcoune 2bout it in feveral Parts of the faid Freatife. 1 his >, Hypothetic mu ft be acknowledged very plaufible and ingenious, if it be built upon a folid Foundation •, and I! if’fuch Vermicuti as thefe have a real Exiftence in. Rerum Naturd, and be not the Creatures of a ftrongE Imagination only. That there are Worms very' often found in Human Bodies, is indeed fufficientlyi evident, and what none are ignorant of •, and that Worms' have been fometimes vomited up by, Perfons fick of the Plague, is attefted by Authors ot pood Credit. Diemerbroeck mentions one mltance of this Kind, Hi ft. 52. Page 3c6. where he relates](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30774135_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
