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Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention
When this book was first published in 1832, England was caught in a cholera pandemic that had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. It was commonly held that 'bad air' spread the disease, but theories and remedies varied: one doctor advised the Nottinghamshire public to carry silk cushions filled with myrrh and camphor to strengthen resistance to contagion, while in New York officials suspected that raw vegetables and cold water were the root of the problem. In this fiercely logical treatise, ship's doctor William Aiton cuts through even the most prevalent myths to investigate the pandemic's real causes. Throwing out the theory of bad air, he observes that cholera spreads most quickly in cities with a stagnant water supply and overseas trade. Also addressing the spread of other infectious diseases, his work provides an invaluable insight into the conflicting information available to the general public during pandemics.
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Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention
When this book was first published in 1832, England was caught in a cholera pandemic that had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. It was commonly held that 'bad air' spread the disease, but theories and remedies varied: one doctor advised the Nottinghamshire public to carry silk cushions filled with myrrh and camphor to strengthen resistance to contagion, while in New York officials suspected that raw vegetables and cold water were the root of the problem. In this fiercely logical treatise, ship's doctor William Aiton cuts through even the most prevalent myths to investigate the pandemic's real causes. Throwing out the theory of bad air, he observes that cholera spreads most quickly in cities with a stagnant water supply and overseas trade. Also addressing the spread of other infectious diseases, his work provides an invaluable insight into the conflicting information available to the general public during pandemics.
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Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention

Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention

by William Aiton
Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention

Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera: Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention

by William Aiton

Overview

When this book was first published in 1832, England was caught in a cholera pandemic that had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. It was commonly held that 'bad air' spread the disease, but theories and remedies varied: one doctor advised the Nottinghamshire public to carry silk cushions filled with myrrh and camphor to strengthen resistance to contagion, while in New York officials suspected that raw vegetables and cold water were the root of the problem. In this fiercely logical treatise, ship's doctor William Aiton cuts through even the most prevalent myths to investigate the pandemic's real causes. Throwing out the theory of bad air, he observes that cholera spreads most quickly in cities with a stagnant water supply and overseas trade. Also addressing the spread of other infectious diseases, his work provides an invaluable insight into the conflicting information available to the general public during pandemics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108061414
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 08/22/2013
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 318
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Malaria and marsh miasmata; Contagion; Contagious epidemics; Generation of contagion; Evidence of contagion; Sphere of contagion; Effects of crowding, filth, etc.; Nature of contagion; Index.
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