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

CHAPTER IV.

SMALLPOX. Retrospect of earlier epidemics 434 Smallpox after the Restoration 437 Sydenham’s Practice in Smallpox 445 Causes of Mild or Severe Smallpox 450 Pockmarked Faces in the 17th Century 453 The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 17th century 456 Smallpox in London in 1694: the death of the Queen 458 Circumstances of the great Epidemic in 1710 461 Inoculation brought into England 463 The popular Origins of Inoculation 471 Results of the first Inoculations; the Controversy in England 477 Revival of Inoculation in 1740: a New Method 489 The Suttonian Inoculation 495 Extent of Inoculation in Britain to the end of the 18th Century 504 The Epidemiology continued from 1721 517 Smallpox in London in the middle of the 18th century 529 The Epidemiology continued to the end of the 18th century 535 The range of severity in Smallpox, and its circumstances 544 Cowpox 557 Chronology of epidemics resumed from 1801 567 The Smallpox Epidemic of 1817-19 571 Extent of Inoculation with Cowpox or Smallpox, 1801-1825 582 The Smallpox Epidemic of 1825-26 593 A generation of Smallpox in Glasgow 597 Smallpox in Ireland, 1830-40 601 The Epidemic of 1837-40 in England 604 Legislation for Smallpox after the Epidemic of 1837-40 606 Other effects of the epidemic of 1837-40 on medical opinion 610 The age-incidence of Smallpox in various periods of history 622