The plague no contagious disease; or, The infection of the plague seldom, if ever, communicated by touching of persons infected, or, of goods broughts from infected places, but the productive cause of the plague a fault of the air ... With some hints for the prevention and cure of the plague / [Anon].

  • Richard Manningham
Date:
1744
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Credit: The plague no contagious disease; or, The infection of the plague seldom, if ever, communicated by touching of persons infected, or, of goods broughts from infected places, but the productive cause of the plague a fault of the air ... With some hints for the prevention and cure of the plague / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f ] fagacious Phyficians living in the Countries of the Plague, that the Plague is never carri¬ ed about in Merchandife, we have, at the fame Time, many Millions of Experiments, and the univerfal Agreement of the beft Phyficians for the Plague not being contagious, and that it is neither bred nor conveyed in Goods. HIERONIMUS MERCURULIS, an e~ minent Phyfician, who lived till the Begin¬ ning of the 17th Century, fays, c After I f had made a moft particular Search among f the Writings of ancient Phyficians, for the c Plague being communicated by a Fomes, I 1 never could difeover any fuch Opinion a- * mong them ; but what is very remarkable, * no modern Phyfician, who has either taught f Phyfic, or has tranflated the Works of the € Antients, ever offered at an Explanation of c a Mat rice or Fomes, till the Times of our c Grandfathers. ? TURRET has furnilhed us with an unin¬ terrupted Experience, ^and the univerfal De¬ claration of that Nation, for upwards of two thoufand Years, that the Plague is neither bred in Goods, ?ior brought, by them into any 0- ther Country. And the Behaviour of the Turks, Greeks, or Franks, in the Time of the Plague in Turkey, would convince any one, that they did not think the Plague was conveyed in Goods. THE ‘Turkey Company has never once brought us over a Plague, fince their fir ft Eitabiifhment, yet their Merchandife has al¬ ways
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