Note 174 — OF QUARANTINE, LAZARETTOS, AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS OF PLAGUE POLICE.

See Rees’s Cyclopædia, article Plague. Hancock on the Laws of Pestilence, London, 1821. Mercurialis on the Plague of Venice, in 1576. Diemerbroeck on the Plague of Nimeguen, in 1636. Mertens on the Plague of Moscow, in 1771. Chenot on that of Transylvania, in 1756. Riverii Praxis Medica, vol. 2. p. 98. Glocenius de Peste, 1611. Mead on the Plague of London, 1744. Russel on the Plague, London, 1791. This learned Physician practised at Aleppo during the Plague of 1760-1-2, and his work contains a minute account of the disease with respect to its origin, progress, and decline: it is considered the best medical account of any individual Plague extant. A History of all the most remarkable Plagues upon record, by Noah Webster, of New York. Considerations on the nature of Pestilence, published as periodical papers, by the Freethinker, 1721. The City Remembrancer, compiled from the best sources, chiefly from the Papers of Gideon Harvey. This is the best account of the Plague of London. Kephale’s Medela Pestilentiæ, 1665. Echar’s History of Plagues. Gaetan Sotira, Mem. sur la Peste, observée en Egypt. Pappon’s Epoques memorables de la Peste, 1801.