Project Gutenberg 2010-04-28 Public domain in the USA. 72 Mead, Richard 1673 1754 35034517 A Discourse on the Plague Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) "A Discourse on the Plague" by Richard Mead is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The work addresses crucial matters related to the prevention and treatment of the plague, which was a significant concern during Mead’s time. The discourse explores the nature of the plague, its causes, and the methods for controlling its spread, reflecting the medical understanding and public health strategies of the period. The opening of the discourse introduces its aim to provide guidance on how to prevent the plague, particularly in light of its recent presence in France. Mead expresses his intentions to outline key measures needed to combat this public health threat, based on a multitude of historical and empirical findings. He references various historical plagues and emphasizes the significance of quarantine practices and the necessity of examining contaminated goods to prevent further outbreaks. The treated symptoms and methods of transmission, laid out in the opening chapters, establish a foundation for the deeper analysis and recommendations that follow throughout the discourse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Plague -- Early works to 1800 RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 234312 234321 2024-09-13T13:18:02.398857 2023-09-14T07:23:01.154416 text/html text/html 235620 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131852 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 191096 2024-09-13T13:18:08.877850 application/epub+zip 191883 2024-09-13T13:18:04.098850 application/epub+zip 138575 2024-09-13T13:18:03.054846 application/epub+zip 343143 2024-09-13T13:18:12.232857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289908 2024-09-13T13:18:08.124860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237055 2022-09-14T16:42:00.471680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183671 183478 2024-09-13T13:18:01.369890 2023-09-14T07:23:00.180408 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 183402 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69143 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 183410 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69067 2021-01-06T13:37:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19970 2024-09-13T13:18:12.376812 application/rdf+xml 13741 2024-09-13T13:18:03.445844 image/jpeg 3813 2024-09-13T13:18:03.248868 image/jpeg 183108 2024-09-13T13:18:02.425870 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia