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Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665Nathaniel Hodges

Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665

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Original author: Nathaniel Hodges

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"Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665" by Nathaniel Hodges is a medical treatise originally published in Latin in 1672. While most physicians fled London during the Great Plague, Hodges remained to observe and treat victims, documenting his experiences in what became the finest medical record of the epidemic. His firsthand account includes treatment observations and mortality statistics from each parish, offering an invaluable glimpse into one of history's deadliest outbreaks.

Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665, by Nathaniel Hodges. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #40106.

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9 Chapters

  1. 1.Section I4,984 words
  2. 2.Section II: Of the Cause of a Pestilence, and a Contagion6,711 words
  3. 3.Section III1,794 words
  4. 4.Section IV1,676 words
  5. 5.Section V: Of the manifest Signs of the late Pestilence9,537 words
  1. 6.Section VI: The Prognostick Signs of the late Pestilence1,850 words
  2. 7.Section VII: Concerning the Cure of the late Pestilence9,481 words
  3. 8.Section VIII: Of Preservation from a Pestilence (1)8,791 words
  4. 9.Section VIII: Of Preservation from a Pestilence (2)7,492 words