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The Bubonic Plague.
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Since the 1st of January of the present year, the plague has been reported from the following widely separated localities: Arabia, Argentina Australia, Brazil, China, Formosa, Hawaiian Islands, India, Japan, Madagascar, New South Wales, Paraguay, Philippine Islands, Portugal, South Africa, and Spain. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles
A history of the bacterial disease of bubonic plague, and of the mortality, distress and panic fear that it caused in the British Isles from The Great Pestilence of 1348 to The Plague of London in 1665, with a brief account of its transient reappearances between 1900 and 1912. Professor Shrewsbury draws on his knowledge as a bacteriologist in describing the way in which the disease was transmitted from the rat, its natural host, to man and emphasizes that the Black Rat was solely responsible for its introduction to the British Isles, and for its spread from one place to another; he is thus able to identify genuine outbreaks of plague from those of other diseases. Among the consequences of the plague which Professor Shrewsbury discusses are its effect upon the growth of population, and on social and economic life, the harsh and useless regulations made in vain efforts to control it, and the collapse of law and order during its great outbursts.
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× Product detailsList of platesEditorial noteIntroduction1. The rat and its relation to the history of plague2. The English setting for 'The Great Pestilence'3. Plague invades the British Isles4. 'The Great Pestilence' in Britain5. Plague and pestilence in the years 1350 to 15006. The sixteenth century7. The first quarter of the seventeenth century8. The second quarter of the seventeenth century9. The second half of the seventeenth centuryAppendicesAbbreviationsReferencesBibliographyIndex.
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