A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Creighton

TYPHUS AND OTHER CONTINUED FEVERS. The Epidemic Fever of 1661, according to Willis 4 Sydenham’s epidemic Constitutions 9 Typhus Fever perennial in London 13 The Epidemic Constitutions following the Great Plague 17 The Epidemic Fever of 1685-86 22 Retrospect of the great Fever of 1623-25 30 The extinction of Plague in Britain 34 Fevers to the end of the 17th Century 43 Fevers of the seven ill years in Scotland 47 The London Fever of 1709-10 54 Prosperity of Britain, 1715-65 60 The Epidemic Fevers of 1718-19 63 The Epidemic Fevers of 1726-29: evidence of Relapsing Fever 66 The Epidemic Fever of 1741-42 78 Sanitary Condition of London under George II. 84 The Window-Tax 88 Gaol-Fever 90 Circumstances of severe and mild Typhus 98 Ship-Fever 102 Fever and Dysentery of Campaigns: War Typhus, 1742-63 107 Ship-Fever in the Seven Years’ War and American War 111 The “Putrid Constitution” of Fevers in the middle third of the 18th Century 120 Miliary Fever 128 Typhus Fever in London, 1770-1800 133 Typhus in Liverpool, Newcastle and Chester in the last quarter of the 18th century 140 Fever in the Northern Manufacturing Towns, 1770-1800 144 Typhus in England and Scotland generally, in the end of the 18th century 151 Fevers in the Dearth of 1799-1802 159 Comparative immunity from Fevers during the War and high prices of 1803-15 162 The Distress and Epidemic Fever (Relapsing) following the Peace of 1815 and the fall of wages 167 The Epidemic of 1817-19 in Scotland: Relapsing Fever 174 The Relapsing Fever of 1827-28 181 Typhoid or Enteric Fever in London, 1826 183 Return of Spotted Typhus after 1831: “Change of Type.” Distress of the Working Class 188 Enteric Fever mixed with the prevailing Typhus, 1831-42 198 Relapsing Fever in Scotland, 1842-44 203 The “Irish Fever” of 1847 in England and Scotland 205 Subsequent Epidemics of Typhus and Relapsing Fevers 208 Relative prevalence of Typhus and Enteric Fevers since 1869 211 Circumstances of Enteric Fever 216