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®4 ] • . . • . • • • When the calamity, however, has arrived at fuch a pitch, that great numbers are attacked with the diforder, and that it has fpread itfelf over every part of the town ; we can no longer hope to’ eradicate it entirely by thefe precautions. At this period it would be cruel and unfeeling to add to the fufferings of fo many afflifted families, by forcing away the lick from the healthy, by depriving the father of the prefence of his children, the wife of the attentions of her hufband, and the old man of the comfort of his family. Under fuch circumftances, we ffiould only aggravate the evil, by compelling the fick to conceal their illnefs. Befides, it is impof- fible to find buildings fufficiently large and convenient for fuch a vaft number of pa¬ tients. Neverthelefs, every exertion muft be made to flop the progrefs of this terrible diforder, which propagates itfelf by conta¬ gion*, in every direction, In this melancholy fituation what adds to the diftrefs is, that it is difficult to contrive meafures which fhajl on the one hand be con¬ fident
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