The History of the Plague, as It Has Lately Appeared in the Islands - of Malta, Goza, Corfu, Cephalonia

List of contents

Preface; 1. The destructive effects of plague; 2. The plague in Malta, always considered as contagious; 3. Precautions taken in Gozo when Malta was suffering under the plague, removed; 4. Sketch of the plague in 1813 and 1814; 5. History of the plague at Corfu; 6. The system of a forced separation; 7. Plague breaks out in Cephalonia; 8. Brief sketch of the late plague at Noia; 9. General observations; 10. The contagion of plague; Supplement; Appendix.

Summary

The army surgeon James Dillon Tully (1785-1827) witnessed first-hand the spread of the plague through the Mediterranean in the early nineteenth century and was instrumental in controlling it in Corfu and Cephalonia. This work, first published in 1821, is his account of the outbreak and the response to it.

Product details

• Authors: James Dillon Tully
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108079273
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07927-3
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Geschichte der Medizin, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, Medical / Nursing