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[CHAPTER I.]
PESTILENCES PREVIOUS TO THE BLACK DEATH, CHIEFLY FROM FAMINES.
The plague of 664-684 described by Beda, and its probable relation to the plague of Justinian’s reign, 542-[4]
Other medieval epidemics not from famine[9]
Chronology of Famine Sicknesses, with full accounts of those of 1194-7, 1257-9, and 1315-16[15]
Few traces of epidemics of Ergotism; reason of England’s immunity from ignis sacer[52]
Generalities on medieval famines in England[65]
[CHAPTER II.]
LEPROSY IN MEDIEVAL BRITAIN.
Medieval meanings of lepra[69]
Biblical associations of Leprosy[79]
Medieval religious sentiment towards lepers[81]
Leprosy-prevalence judged by the leper-houses,—their number in England, special destination, and duration[86]
Leper-houses in Scotland and Ireland[99]
The prejudice against lepers[100]
Laws against lepers[106]
Things favouring Leprosy in the manner of life—Modern analogy of Pellagra[107]
[CHAPTER III.]
THE BLACK DEATH OF 1348-9.
Arrival of the Black Death, and progress through Britain, with contemporary English and Irish notices of the symptoms[114]
Inquiry into the extent of the mortality[123]
Antecedents of the Black Death in the East—Overland China trade—Favouring conditions in China[142]
The Theory of Bubo-Plague[156]
Illustrations from modern times[163]
Summary of causes, and of European favouring conditions[173]
[CHAPTER IV.]
ENGLAND AFTER THE BLACK DEATH, WITH THE EPIDEMICS TO 1485.
Efforts to renew the war with France[177]
Direct social and economic consequences in town and country[180]
More lasting effects on farming, industries and population[190]
Epidemics following the Black Death[202]
Medieval English MSS. on Plague[208]
The 14th century chronology continued[215]
The public health in the 15th century[222]
Chronology of Plagues, 15th century[225]
Plague &c. in Scotland and Ireland, 1349-1475[233]
[CHAPTER V.]
THE SWEATING SICKNESS, 1485-1551.
The First invasion of the Sweat in 1485[237]
The Second outbreak in 1508[243]
The Third Sweat in 1517[245]
The Fourth Sweat in 1528[250]
Extension of the Fourth Sweat to the Continent in 1529[256]
The Fifth Sweat in 1551[259]
Antecedents of the English Sweat[265]
Endemic Sweat of Normandy[271]
Theory of the English Sweat[273]
Extinction of the Sweat in England[279]
[CHAPTER VI.]
PLAGUE IN THE TUDOR PERIOD.
Chronology of the outbreaks of Plague in London, provincial towns, and the country generally, from 1485 to 1556[282]
The London Plague of 1563[304]
Preventive practice in Plague-time under the Tudors[309]
Sanitation in Plantagenet and Tudor times[322]
The disposal of the dead[332]
Chronology of Plague 1564-1592—Vital statistics of London 1578-1583[337]
The London Plague of 1592-1593[351]
Plague in the Provinces, 1592-1598[356]
Plague in Scotland, 1495-1603—Skene on the Plague (1568)[360]
Plague in Ireland in the Tudor period[371]
[CHAPTER VII.]
GAOL FEVERS, INFLUENZAS, AND OTHER FEVERS IN THE TUDOR PERIOD.
The Black Assizes of Cambridge, 1522[375]
Oxford Black Assizes, 1577[376]
Exeter Black Assizes, 1586[383]
Increase of Pauperism, Vagrancy, &c. in the Tudor period[387]
Influenzas and other “strange fevers” and fluxes, 1540-1597[397]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
THE FRENCH POX.
Meagreness of English records[414]
Evidence of its invasion of Scotland and England, in 1497 and subsequent years[417]
English writings on the Pox in the Elizabethan period, with some notices for the Stuart period[423]
The circumstances of the great European outbreak in 1494—Invasion of Italy by Charles VIII.[429]
[CHAPTER IX.]
SMALLPOX AND MEASLES.
First accounts of Smallpox in Arabic writings—Nature of the disease[439]
European Smallpox in the Middle Ages[445]
Measles in medieval writings—Origin of the names “measles” and “pocks”[448]
First English notices of Smallpox in the Tudor period[456]
Great increase of Smallpox in the Stuart period[463]
Smallpox in Continental writings of the 16th century[467]
[CHAPTER X.]
PLAGUE, FEVER AND INFLUENZA FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. TO THE RESTORATION.
Growth of London in the Tudor and Stuart periods[471]
The London Plague of 1603[474]
Annual Plague in London after 1603[493]
Plague in the Provinces, Ireland and Scotland, in 1603 and following years[496]
Malignant Fever preceding the Plague of 1625[504]
The London Plague of 1625[507]
Plague in the Provinces in 1625 and following years[520]
The London Plague of 1636[529]
Fever in London and in England generally to 1643[532]
War Typhus in Oxfordshire &c. and at Tiverton, 1643-44[547]
Plague in the Provinces, Scotland and Ireland during the Civil Wars[555]
Fever in England 1651-52[566]
The Influenzas or Fevers of 1657-59[568]
[CHAPTER XI.]
SICKNESSES OF EARLY VOYAGES AND COLONIES.
Scurvy in the early voyages, north and south[579]
The remarkable epidemic of Fever in Drake’s expedition of 1585-6 to the Spanish Main[585]
Other instances of ship-fevers, flux, scurvy, &c.[590]
Scurvy &c. in the East India Company’s ships: the treatment[599]
Sickness of Virginian and New England voyages and colonies[609]
Early West Indian epidemics, including the first of Yellow Fever—The Slave Trade[613]
The epidemic of 1655-6 at the first planting of Jamaica[634]
[CHAPTER XII.]
THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON, AND THE LAST OF PLAGUE IN ENGLAND.
Literature of the Great Plague[646]
Antecedents, beginnings and progress of the London Plague of 1665[651]
Mortality and incidents of the Great Plague—Characters of the disease[660]
Plague near London and in the Provinces, 1665-66[679]
The Plague at Eyam 1665-66[682]
The Plague at Colchester, 1665-66, and the last of Plague in England[688]