A History of Epidemic Pestilences / From the Earliest Ages, 1495 Years Before the Birth of our Saviour to 1848: With Researches into Their Nature, Causes, and Prophylaxis

by Edward Bascome

A HISTORY
OF
EPIDEMIC PESTILENCES
FROM THE EARLIEST AGES,
1495 Years before the Birth of our Saviour to 1848:
WITH
RESEARCHES INTO THEIR NATURE, CAUSES,
AND PROPHYLAXIS.

BY

EDWARD BASCOME, M.D.

“The all-surrounding heav’n, the vital air,

Is big with death: and tho’ the putrid south

Be shut, tho’ no convulsive agony

Shake from the deep foundations of the world

Th’ imprison’d plagues, a secret venom oft

Corrupts the air, the water, and the land.”

Art of Preserving Health.