An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771 / By Charles de Mertens ... Translated from the French, with notes [by R. Pearson].

  • Karl von Mertens
Date:
1799
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Credit: An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771 / By Charles de Mertens ... Translated from the French, with notes [by R. Pearson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I [ viii ] pofe but that of quoting profeffor Schreibers♦ work^on the plague, which broke out in the i Ukraine in the years 1738 and 1739. Befides the preface *f*, and fome other mat¬ ters noticed in their refpedtive places, the following topics of difcuffion have been omitted ; viz. ift. the comparifon between the plague and the JmaUpox ; 2d. the reflexions on the inoculâtic?i of the plague ; 3d. the precau¬ tions to be employed in wars with the Ÿurks ; * Schreiber Obfervat. et Cogitât, de Peftilentia <paæ 1738 & 1739, in Ukrania grafîata eft. f The author’s preface or introduction is wholly con- troverfial. It confifts of a reply to Mr. Samo'Uowoitz, who had attempted, in a very illiberal manner, to detradl from the merit of the author’s publication. This reply is accom¬ panied with copies of the certificates and teftimonials re¬ ceived from the lieutenant of the police, the governours of the Foundlmg-Hofpital, the lieutenant-general of Mofcow, Count Panin, the privy counfellor de Betzky, &c. relative to his advice and exertions during the time of the plague. Thefe vouchers completely refute his adverfary’s charges ; but as they and the reft of the preface prefent no fads re¬ lative to the hiftory or treatment of the diforder, they can¬ not be interefting to any but the author’s friends, and are therefore omitted. and
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