CONTENTS.

WHAT IS IT?

ITS HISTORY.

THE LONDON EPIDEMIC OF 1665.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.

CAUSES

BACILLUS

CONTAGIOUS AS WELL AS INFECTIOUS.

NATURE OF AN EPIDEMIC.

INCUBATION.

SYMPTOMS.

VARIETIES.

DIAGNOSIS

PROGNOSIS.

MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC APPEARANCES.

PREVENTION.

PRIVATE HYGIENE.

INOCULATION AGAINST PLAGUE.

TREATMENT.

TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS.

DISINFECTION.

PURIFICATION OF A ROOM AFTER PLAGUE CASES

Transcriber's Notes

BY
A. MITRA, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., F.C.S.,
Chief Medical Officer, Kashmir.

Calcutta:
THACKER, SPINK AND CO.,
5 & 6, Government Place.
1897.