whooping-cough, 670, 672,
relation of same to measles, 675,
scarlatina 1835-39, 725,
milk scarlatina, 734 note,
“bowel-hive,” 758,
dysentery of 1827-28, 786,
of 1836, 789,
cholera of 1832, 808,
of 1848-9, 836,
of 1853-4, 855,
of 1866, 859

Gloucester, Duke of, dies of smallpox, 438

Gloucester, agues in 1727-29, 74

Goodsir, John, enteric fever at Anstruther, 199

Goole, infantile diarrhoea, 762, 765 note

Grainger, James, anomalous fever in 1753, 123

Grant, William, pestilential fever in London, 137,
influenza of 1775, 359,
fever and sore-throat, 707

Graunt, John, exactness of the early bills of mortality, 653 note

Graves, Robert J., typhus fatal to the well-to-do, 102,
fever in Galway, 270,
jaundice in relapsing fever, 272,
spotted typhus a new type, 277,
typhus begins like a cold, 278 note,
failure of blooding in influenza, 282,
mild and fatal scarlatina, 722, 724,
type of scarlatina not affected by treatment, 725,
writings on cholera, 831 note

Gray, Edward, collective inquiry on influenza of 1782, 363, 365

Greenock, high typhus death-rates, 209,
cholera of 1832, 813

Gregory, George, compares London smallpox of 1825 with great 18th cent. epidemics, 593-5,
advocates re-vaccination, 612

Gregory, James, follows course of influenza in 1775, 361

Griffin, Daniel, infantile mortality in Limerick, 602

Grimsby, cholera in 1893, 860

Grimshaw, T. W., fever and rainfall in Dublin, 298,
relation of whooping-cough to measles, 676 note

Grippe, la, 339 note

Guide, Philip, on Talbor, 319

Guilford, Lord, his fever treated by bark, 321

Gull, Sir William W., report on cholera, 846 note


Haeser, Heinrich, identities of 18th cent. throat-distempers, 691 note

Hague, The, ages in 18th cent. smallpox, 623

Hales, Stephen, ventilation of Newgate, 94,
ventilation of ships, 119

Halifax, semi-rural industries of, 145,
smallpox at in 1681, 458,
inoculation at, 483

Hamilton, Sir David, case of fever in London in 1709, 55,
factitious miliary fever, 128,
fever and sore-throat in 1704, 704 note

Hamilton, dysentery in 1801, 785,
cholera of 1848-9, 838

Hampstead, agues in 1781, 367,
scarlatina in 1786, 713

Hampton, U. S., throat-distemper in 18th cent., 690

Harris, Walter, influenza of 1688, 336,
mildness of smallpox in infants, 441,
reference to inoculation in 1721, 467,
whooping-cough, 667,
summer diarrhoea fatal to London infants, 749, 763

Harty, William, Irish epidemic of 1817-19, 264,
affinities of dysentery, 782,
cholera in Dublin prisons, 816

Hastings, smallpox in 1731, 521

Haverfordwest, buying the smallpox, 471,
diphtheria in 1849, 738 note

Haviland, Alfred, the Hippocratic “constitutions,” 10 note,
village epidemic of ague in 1858, 393

Hawkins, Bisset, cavils at Watt, 658

Hawkins, Caesar, inoculator, 504, 515

Haygarth, John, typhus in Chester, 41, 143,
miliary fever, 130,
influenza of 1803, 376,
procuring the smallpox, 477,
census of Chester after smallpox in 1774, 544 note,
infantile deaths at Chester, 553-4,
letter on Jenner’s cowpox project in 1794, 559

Heberden, William, junior, supposed decrease of dysentery, 747, 774

Heberden, William, senior, smallpox least dangerous to infants, 442,
a failure of inoculation, 498,
measles in 1753, 644,
scarlatina and angina, 712 note

Hecker, J. F. C., identity of throat-epidemics, 691 note, 704 note

Hecquet, Ph., reasons against inoculation, 479 note

Helmont, J. B. van, ridiculed by Barker, 450 note

Henry, Thomas, smallpox in different parts of Manchester, 556 note

Hertford, smallpox in 1722, 519

Hewett, Cornwallis, cases of enteric fever, 185

Heysham, John, Carlisle typhus, 147,
smallpox, 538, 555, 570,
measles, 646,
scarlatina, 712, 723

Hillary, William, Ripon fevers, 72-3,
copious bloodings, 74 note,
nervous fever in Barbados, 127,
influenza in Barbados, 352, 412,
volcanic waves at Bridgetown, 411,
smallpox mild there, 548

Hippocrates, epidemic constitutions, 9

Hirsch, August, identity of 18th cent. throat-distempers, 691 note, 737 note,
history of infantile diarrhoea, 758,
degrees of epidemic dysentery, 774

Holland, Sir Henry, advises re-vaccination, 613,
“hypothesis of insect life” in cholera, 827 note

Holy Island, ship typhus, 109

Hongkong fever, resembles influenza, 423 note

Horses attacked by influenza in 1658, 313,
in 1688, 337,
in 1727-29, 345,
in 1732, 348,
in 1737, 348,
in 1758, 353,
in 1743 and 1750, 354,
in 1760, 355,
in 1775, 361,
in 1783, 371 note,
in 1788, 372

Howard, John, effects of the window-tax, 88,
discoveries of gaol-fever, 95,
smallpox in three gaols, 544

Hull, infantile diarrhoea, 762, 765 note,
cholera of 1832, 823,
of 1849, 845,
of 1854, 851

Hume, David, influence of climate etc., 224

Hunter, John, M.D., typhus in London, 15, 134, 138

Hutchinson, James, change in fevers since 17th cent., 3

Hutchinson, Jonathan, vaccinal syphilis, 562 note

Huxham, John, Plymouth fevers 1727-29, 73-4,
worm fever in 1734, 75,
typhus, 76-77,
ship fever, 78,
gaol fever at Launceston in 1742, 93,
influenza in 1729, 345,
horse-cold in 1727, 345,
influenza of 1733, 347,
influenza and horse-cold of 1737, 348-9,
influenza of 1743, 351,
smallpox of 1724-25, 520,
smallpox of 1751, 529,
malignant measles 1749, 656,
anginose fever of 1734, 684,
epidemic sore-throat of 1751, 695, 699


Iceland, dust clouds from volcanic action, 414

India, cholera before 1817, 860,
creation of the endemic area, 861

Industrial Revolution, the, 145

Infantile Remittent Fever, 5-8

Influenza, historically mixed with epidemic ague, 300,
probable etymology of, 304,
names of before 1743, 305,
retrospect of influenzas to 1659, 306-313,
influenza of 1675, 326,
of 1679, 328,
of 1688, 335,
of 1693, 337,
of 1712, 339,
of 1729, 343,
probable in 1728, 346,
of 1733, 346,
of 1737, 348,
of 1743, 349,
of 1758, 353,
of 1759 in Peru, 354,
of 1762, 356,
of 1767, 358,
of 1775, 359,
of 1782, 362,
of 1788, 370,
of 1803, 374,
of 1831, 379,
of 1833, 380,
of 1837, 383,
of 1847-48, 389,
minor epidemics, 391,
of 1889-94, 393,
antiquity and sameness of, 398,
views of Willis and Sydenham, 399,
miasmatic hypothesis of Boyle, 399-402,
theory of Arbuthnot, 402,
theory of Noah Webster, 405,
a phenomenal cause needed, 407,
relation to epidemic agues, 409,
the epidemic of 1761 at Barbados and the earthquake, 409,
the earthquake of Lisbon and influenzas, 411,
earthquakes and the influenza of 1782, 413,
miasmatic sickness following earthquakes in Jamaica, 415,
in Amboina, 418 note,
and in Sicily, 419,
possible sources of miasmata of influenza in 1693, 420,
epidemic of 1688 and the earthquake of Lima, 421,
possible sources of S. American epidemic in 1720, direction in which the true theory lies, 425,
outbreaks at sea, 425-431,
strangers’ colds, 431-433.
also Horses.

Inoculation of smallpox, a Greek practice, 463,
begun in London, 467,
popular origins of, 471,
Voltaire’s legend of Circassian, 472 note,
probably grew out of transplantation of disease, 474,
religious symbolism of inoculation, 475,
etymology of, 476,
not an antidote, 477,
controversy on in England, 477,
reality of as practised by Nettleton, 482,
at Boston, New England, 485,
cases of failure, 487,
cases of death from, 489,
revival of in 1741, 489,
at Charleston in 1738, 490,
as practised by Frewen, 492,
by Kirkpatrick, 493,
the blister method of, 494,
Gatti’s practice in, 495,
Sutton’s practice in, 498,
opposition to Sutton’s method of, 499,
Watson’s experiment in, 500,
Mudge’s experiment in, 501,
tests of its validity, 502,
extent of in England in 18th cent., 504-9,
in Scotland, 509,
value of, 511,
at Blandford, 513,
at the Foundling Hospital, 514,
known failures of, 515,
testimonies to value of, 516,
advocates of in 19th cent., 586,
Lipscomb’s poem on, 587,
preference of populace for, 589,
practised by Walker as vaccination, 590,
extent of, 590-2,
made penal, 606,
history of the doctrine that it was a nuisance, 607-10,
did not contain the principle of re-vaccination, 610

Intermittent Fevers, Sydenham’s view of, 11,
in Ireland after the relapsing fever of 1826, 273,
and of 1847-9, 297.
also Ague.

Inverness, typhus at, 110,
cholera of 1832, 814,
of 1849, 838

Ipswich, ship typhus at, 110,
scarlatina in 1771, 708


Jamaica, sickness after earthquake, 416

Jenner, Edward, relapsing fever in his house, 156,
inoculates with crude matter, 502,
collects failures of inoculation, 515,
inoculates with swinepox, 558,
proposes to inoculate with cowpox, 558,
indicates ulcerous characters of cowpox, 560,
his opinion on origin of smallpox and cowpox, 562,
calls cowpox variolae vaccinae, 563,
tests the virtue of cowpox, 565,
makes interest with the great, 566,
demands prohibition of inoculation, 609,
opposes Watt’s doctrine of measles, 657

Jenner, J. C., epidemic ague in 1784, 369,
general inoculation, 509,
why smallpox malignant, 550

Jenner, Sir William, diagnosis of continued fevers, 4, 183,
diphtheria, 739 note,
rickets a diathesis, 767

Jesty, Benjamin, inoculates with cowpox, 558

Johnstone, James, Kidderminster fevers 1752-56, 124,
sequelae of measles, 660 note,
sore-throat and fever, 702, 704,
the scarlet eruption, 710

Johnstone, James, junior, dies of gaol fever, 153,
writes on the scarlatina of 1778, 710

Jolly rant, name of influenza in 1675, 327 note, 328

Jones, John, fevers of the Greeks not in our climate, 301,
agues of 1558, 307

Jones, John, dysentery in Wales, 777

Jurin, James, arguments for inoculation, 479,
his authority, 480,
biographical sketch of, 481 note


Kanturk, incidents at in famine of 1818, 265

Katharine, Queen of Charles II., her fever in 1663, 13

Kell, John Butler, cholera at Sunderland 1831, 798

Kellwaye, Simon, measles and smallpox, 633

Kelso, agues in 18th cent., 369,
cholera in 1848-9, 838

Kendal, vaccination 1819-21, 584

Kennedy, Henry, type of Dublin fever in 1847, 289,
in 1862, 298

Kennedy, Peter, inoculation at Constantinople, 464,
procuring smallpox in Scotland, 471

Kerr, George, fever in Aberdeen, 176

Kidderminster, fevers in 1727-29, 124 note,
in 1751-56, 124,
sequelae of measles, 660,
sore-throat and fever in 1748, 701, 704,
in 1778, 710

Kilgour, Alexander, typhus one of the exanthemata, 189,
ratio of spotted cases, 193

Kilkenny, sickness in 1846, 282

Kilmarnock, 18th cent. smallpox, 526,
cholera of 1832, 814,
of 1849, 838

Kiltearn, paupers in 1697, 51 note,
smallpox in 18th cent., 541

Kingsley, Charles, cholera of 1854, 851 note

Kink, old name of whooping-cough, 666

Kirkmaiden, smallpox and fever in 18th cent., 528

Kirkpatrick, or Kilpatrick, J., inoculates at Charleston, 90,
in London, 491, 493

Kite, Charles, second inoculations, 503,
failures of inoculation, 515


La Condamine, M. de, case of Timoni’s daughter, 488 note,
advocates inoculation, 494,
estimates saving of life by same, 516

La Motraye, M. de, procuring smallpox in Circassia, 472

Lamport, John, fever in Hampshire 1680, 21,
his success in smallpox, 453

Lamprey, Jones, types of famine sickness in Skull 1846, 287, 288

Lancaster, typhus in 1782, 151

Langton, William, opposes formal inoculation, 500

Lansdowne, Marquis of, inoculation and vaccination, 606, 607

Launceston, gaol typhus, 93, 97,
diphtheria, 740

Laurie, J. Adair, statistics of Glasgow cholera hospital in 1832, 811

Laycock, Thomas, influenza at York, 389 note

Le Cat, Claude Nicolas, the Rouen fever of 1753, 121

Leeds, typhus in 18th cent., 146,
in 1802, 160,
statistics of fever hospital, 164,
fever in 1817, 171,
notification at in 1804, 180 note,
typhus in 1847, 207 note,
influenza in 1675, 327,
smallpox in 1689-99, 458,
general inoculations, 510,
smallpox in 1781, 538, 555,
cholera nostras in 1825, 773,
dysentery in 1849, 791, 842,
cholera in 1849, 847

Leith, cholera of 1832, 814,
of 1848, 836

Lettsom, John Coakley, gaol fever, 97,
London fevers in 1773, 135,
inoculation of infants, 507,
general inoculation at Ware, 511
London smallpox more than in the Bills, 534,
smallpox in 1808, 570,
inoculation not contagious, 608,
saving of life in typhus, 628,
scarlatina in 1793, 718

Levett, Robert, amateur in medicine, 134

Levison, George, scarlatina in 1777, 708

Leyburn, fever in 1813, 167

Limerick, famine of 1741, 242,
statistics of fever hospital, 258,
pauperism of 1836, 275,
statistics of fever, 276,
of infantile mortality, 602,
cholera of 1832, 818,
of 1849, 839

Lind, James, desires history of British fevers, 1,
ventilation of gaols, 95,
ship fever, 111,
Sutton’s pipes, 119,