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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    [46] the Candle goes out; this has been often try’d with the fame Succefs; and we find, that by letting into the Bell fome frelli Air, a little before the Candle fliouldhave gone out, it will ftill continue burning: And then to Ihew that this Quality in the Air is the fame which feeds the Life in Humane Bodies, it was try’d, whether the Air, returning from the Lungs, would not have the fame EfFeft up¬ on the Candle, as the External Air had before, but it had not, the Candle went out at its ufual Time: Thus, it feems, when we fuck in Air for Breath, the Lungs takes what is neceffary for the Nourilhment of our Bodies, and re¬ turns back the reft. After this we may naturally conclude, that where the Rooms, or Houfesarefmall, there ought to be frequent Admilfions of the Exter¬ nal Air, butefpecially where thofe Rooms or Houfes are too much crouded with People; and if it is fuppofed that the External Air is In- feftious, the burning Aromaticks. Gums, or Heris,upon the letting in of frelli Air, is necef¬ fary. From the foregoing Obfervations we may learn, that all Peftilential Diftempers, whether in Animals or Plants, are occalion’d by poifon- ous Infeds convey’d from Place to Place by the Air, and that by uncleanly Living and poor Diet, Humane and other Bodies aredifpofed to receive fuch In/eSis into the Stomach and moft noble Parts; while, on the other Hand, fuch Bodies as are in full Strength, and are