History of Epidemics in Britain - Extinction of Plagu

Klappentext This book covers the history of epidemics in Britain from the first British epidemic to the end of the Great Plague. Zusammenfassung In this first volume of his history of epidemics in Britain! controversial physician Charles Creighton begins his examination of diseases in Britain from the first British epidemic in 664 AD to the end of the Great Plague in 1666. The work is broken down by time period and disease. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Pestilences previous to the Black Death, chiefly from famines; 2. Leprosy in medieval Britain; 3. The Black Death of 1348-9; 4. England after the Black Death, with the epidemics to 1485; 5. The sweating sickness, 1485-1551; 6. Plague in the Tudor period; 7. Gaol fevers, influenzas, and other fevers in the Tudor period; 8. The French pox; 9. Smallpox and measles; 10. Plague, fever and influenza from the accession of James I to the Restoration; 11. Sicknesses of early voyages and colonies; 12. The Great Plague of London, and the last of plague in England.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Creighton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107621930
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62193-0
• No. of pages: 720
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, History of Medicine, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, British Isles, c 500 to c 1000 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Epidemiology and Medical statistics