Volume 2

The plague at Marseilles consider'd: with remarks upon the plague in general, shewing its cause and nature of infection, with necessary precautions to prevent the spreading of that direful distemper ... Also some observations taken from an original manuscript of a graduate physician who resided in London during the whole time of the late plague, anno 1665 ... / [Richard Bradley].

  • Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732
Date:
1721
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Credit: The plague at Marseilles consider'd: with remarks upon the plague in general, shewing its cause and nature of infection, with necessary precautions to prevent the spreading of that direful distemper ... Also some observations taken from an original manuscript of a graduate physician who resided in London during the whole time of the late plague, anno 1665 ... / [Richard Bradley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [22] to vraih it down, give a large Spoonful for a Dofe. After which we have a further Account of the fame Contagion by the fame Hand. —-I lately received an Account of two ingenious Travellers, who alTured me the Contagion had reached their Quarters on the Borders of Tolandy having palled quite through Germany., and that the Method ufed in our Relation preferved and cured their Cattle.- They told me the Ctmtagion was ob- ferved to make its Progreft Dayl^ fpreading near two German Miles in twenty four Hours. This they fay was certainly obferved by many curious Perfons, that it continually, withopt intermiffion, made progreflive Voyages, and fullered no neighbouring Parilh tp efcape ; fo that it did not at the fame time infed Places at great dillances. They added, that Cattle fecured at Rack and Manger, were equally infedled with thofe in the Field, It were worth the confidering, whether this Infe6lion is not carried on byfome volatile Infedt, that is able to make only fuch Ihort flights as may amount to fuch Computations: For the account of the Ancients concerning the grand fejiilen-, t 'tal Contagions, is very little fatisfaaory to this Age, who derive it from a blind Putre- fadlion, from the incantations of ill Men, or from the conjundion of inaufpiciousPlanets.