Project Gutenberg 2015-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 73 Wintringham, Clifton 1689 1748 An Essay on Contagious Diseases more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers Produced by Ernest Schaal and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Essay on Contagious Diseases" by Clifton Wintringham is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The book discusses various contagious diseases, with a focus on smallpox, measles, and pestilential fevers, analyzing their causes and effects on the human body. Wintringham seeks to provide clarity on these illnesses during a time when outbreaks were common and understanding of disease transmission was limited. The content of the book is structured into chapters that elaborate on the specific properties and phenomena associated with contagious diseases. The author begins by defining contagious diseases and explaining their potential transmission methods, particularly through the air and contaminated bodily substances. He further examines the physiological changes these diseases instigate in the body, emphasizing the role of various environmental factors such as temperature and humidity in disease propagation. In the latter sections, Wintringham details the signs and symptoms of specific diseases, drawing connections between the severity of illness and the presence of infectious particles, culminating in observations about the historical prevalence and virulence of diseases. Overall, Wintringham's work serves as a significant reflection of early Enlightenment thinking on disease and health. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Communicable diseases -- Early works to 1800 Smallpox -- Early works to 1800 Fever -- Early works to 1800 RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 107618 107656 2024-09-20T13:41:57.539173 2023-09-21T10:05:29.431004 text/html text/html 106273 2015-06-30T09:01:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 580422 2015-06-30T09:02:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 513081 2024-09-20T13:42:00.723207 application/epub+zip 513534 2024-09-20T13:41:58.336157 application/epub+zip 103108 2024-09-20T13:41:57.929150 application/epub+zip 568668 2024-09-20T13:42:02.628131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550241 2024-09-20T13:42:00.302129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141799 2022-09-22T10:51:32.217279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85303 85113 2024-09-20T13:41:57.159164 2023-09-21T10:05:29.050987 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 85644 2015-06-28T21:05:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29286 2015-06-28T21:07:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18475 2024-09-20T13:42:02.753132 application/rdf+xml 22124 2024-09-20T13:41:58.023141 image/jpeg 3112 2024-09-20T13:41:57.975154 image/jpeg 581052 2024-09-20T13:41:57.585164 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