THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
BY
A. MITRA, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., F.C.S.,
Chief Medical Officer, Kashmir.
Calcutta:
THACKER, SPINK AND CO.,
5 & 6, Government Place.
1897.
CONTENTS.
- Page
- What is it? 1
- Its History 1
- The London Epidemic of 1865 3
- Geographical Distribution 8
- Causes 8
- Bacillus 9
- Contagious as well as Infectious 11
- Nature of an Epidemic 13
- Incubation 17
- Symptoms 17
- Varieties 21
- Diagnosis 21
- Prognosis 23
- Microscopic and Macroscopic Appearances 24
- Prevention 24
- Sanitary Measures by Municipal Authorities 26
- Private Hygiene 29
- Inoculation against Plague 32
- Treatment 33
- Treatment of Symptoms 38
- Disinfection 40
- Purification of a Room after Plague Cases 41
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
WHAT IS IT?
Any contagious and fatal epidemic disease wasoriginally called a plague (from plaga, a stroke),but this term is now applied to that particular kindof plague which is characterised by the appearanceof high fever with inflammation of lymphatic glandsor bubo, and is therefore called the Bubonic Plague.In Sanskrit Medical Books it has been described asVidradhi and Visharpa, and in Yonani as Taoon.The following definition given by Cantlie is comprehensive.“Plague or Malignant Polyadenites isan acute febrile disease of an intensely fatal naturecharacterised by inflammation of the lymphaticglands, marked cerebral and vascular disturbances,and by the presence of a specific bacillus.”
ITS HISTORY.
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