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The history of plague as it has lately appeared in the islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, &c. : detailing important facts, illustrative of the specific contagion of that disease, with particulars of the means adopted for its eradication / by J.D. Tully.

  • Tully, J. D. (John Dillon)
Date:
1821
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Credit: The history of plague as it has lately appeared in the islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, &c. : detailing important facts, illustrative of the specific contagion of that disease, with particulars of the means adopted for its eradication / by J.D. Tully. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lent work on Lazzarettoes, has exposed the errors of this writer, and has brought forward, in oppo- sition to them, undeniable proofs, obtained by himself in person, from the most. experienced practitioners, in matters of plague, who were living in his time; and to use his own words,. ‘«‘ They all, in the most explicit manner, concur “in representing the plague as a_ contagious ‘¢ disease, communicated by actual contact with ‘¢ infected persons or things.”’ This evidence being grounded wholly on po- sitive practice, becomes the more entitled to attention; and it may, therefore, be useful to cite two or three extracts .from it. Fra Luigi di Pavia, of Smyrna, where the pestilential disorder is always more or less pre- valent, says, “‘ The plague is communicated by “ contact, according to all the observations I *« have been able to make for the last eighteen “‘ vears.”” Raymond of Marseilles, is equally positive. “‘ Incontestable experience daily proves, that. it ‘“‘ only proceeds from contact.” Demollins, of the same city, observes, ‘* From “ all ages, the plague has only been brought to ‘«* Marseilles by merchandise, or by persons from ‘‘ beyond sea.”’ 3 Giovanelli, of Leghorn, after expressing the same opinion, adds, ‘“ and the air cannot be the ‘‘ vehicle of the contagion.”’
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