CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [1] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| IS IT PROBABLE THAT EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DEPEND UPON VITAL GERMS FOR THEIR MANIFESTATIONS? | [11] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE NUMBER AND VALUE OF FACTS TO SUPPORTTHE PROPOSITION. | |
| Section I.—On Reproduction | [22] |
| Section II.—Historical Notice of Epidemic Diseases | [34] |
| Section III.—The Dispersion of Plants and Diseases | [64] |
| Section IV.—The Relation between Epidemic and EndemicDiseases | [96] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE REASONABLENESS OF THE APPLICATION OFTHE FACTS TO THE INFERENCE. | |
| Section I.—The Chemical Theory of Epidemics untenable | [108] |
| Section II.—The Animalcular Theory of Epidemics untenable | [128] |
| Section III.—Sketch of the Physiology and Pathology ofPlants and Animals | [138] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| RESULTS IN PROOF OF THE TENABLENESS OF THEPROPOSITION. | |
| Section I.—Observations on some of the Laws of EpidemicDiseases | [155] |
| Section II.—What is the nature of those Poisons which mostresemble the Morbid Poisons in their effects on the body? | [166] |
| Section III.—What results do we obtain from the effects ofremedial agents, in proof of the hypothesis? | [176] |
| Conclusion | [189] |