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CHAPTER I.
TYPHUS AND OTHER CONTINUED FEVERS.
The Epidemic Fever of 1661, according to Willis 4
Sydenham’s epidemic Constitutions 9
Typhus Fever perennial in London 13
The Epidemic Constitutions following the Great Plague 17
The Epidemic Fever of 1685-86 22
Retrospect of the great Fever of 1623-25 30
The extinction of Plague in Britain 34
Fevers to the end of the 17th Century 43
Fevers of the seven ill years in Scotland 47
The London Fever of 1709-10 54
Prosperity of Britain, 1715-65 60
The Epidemic Fevers of 1718-19 63
The Epidemic Fevers of 1726-29: evidence of Relapsing Fever 66
The Epidemic Fever of 1741-42 78
Sanitary Condition of London under George II. 84
The Window-Tax 88
Gaol-Fever 90
Circumstances of severe and mild Typhus 98
Ship-Fever 102
Fever and Dysentery of Campaigns: War Typhus, 1742-63 107
Ship-Fever in the Seven Years’ War and American War 111
The “Putrid Constitution” of Fevers in the middle third of the 18th Century 120
Miliary Fever 128
Typhus Fever in London, 1770-1800 133
Typhus in Liverpool, Newcastle and Chester in the last quarter of the 18th century 140
Fever in the Northern Manufacturing Towns, 1770-1800 144
Typhus in England and Scotland generally, in the end of the 18th century 151
Fevers in the Dearth of 1799-1802 159
Comparative immunity from Fevers during the War and high prices of 1803-15 162
The Distress and Epidemic Fever (Relapsing) following the Peace of 1815 and the fall of wages 167
The Epidemic of 1817-19 in Scotland: Relapsing Fever 174
The Relapsing Fever of 1827-28 181
Typhoid or Enteric Fever in London, 1826 183
Return of Spotted Typhus after 1831: “Change of Type.” Distress of the Working Class 188
Enteric Fever mixed with the prevailing Typhus, 1831-42 198
Relapsing Fever in Scotland, 1842-44 203
The “Irish Fever” of 1847 in England and Scotland 205
Subsequent Epidemics of Typhus and Relapsing Fevers 208
Relative prevalence of Typhus and Enteric Fevers since 1869 785
CHAPTER IX.
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
Asiatic Cholera at Sunderland in October, 1831 796
Extension of Cholera to the Tyne, December, 1831 802
The Cholera of 1832 in Scotland 805
The Cholera of 1832 in Ireland 816
The Cholera of 1832 in England 820
The Cholera of 1848-49 in Scotland 835
The Cholera of 1849 Ireland 839
The Cholera of 1849 in England 840
The Cholera of 1853 at Newcastle and Gateshead 849
The Cholera of 1854 in England 851
The Cholera of 1853-54 in Scotland and Ireland 855
The Cholera of 1865-66 856
The Antecedents of Epidemic Cholera in India 860
Note on Cerebro-Spinal Fever 863


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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