Observations on the Plague as It Lately Occurred in Malta

Stammering as It Occurred in the War

Further Observations on Plague

The use of wood as a writing medium during the plague of Malta of 1813.

IN THE epidemiological history of the Maltese Islands, plague plays a very conspicuous part. At least three major outbreaks of this disease are on record, i.e. in 1592-93, 1675-76 and 1813. This last epidemic lasted from May 1813 to February 1814.1 The preventive measures adopted by the sanitary authorities of the time to stem the spread of the disease were the subject of a controversy that con...

On Epidemic Catarrah as It Occurred in the Jhang Jail in May 1881

disease in India. Therefore an account of its outbreak in the Jliang Jail, with details of some of the symptoms observed, will, I hope, be not unacceptable to the profession. On the Gth of May 6 cases of Febricula, in whom the temperature varied from 99? or 100? to 102? or 104?, were seen in the jail, and some of them cpmplained of slight sore-throat. On the 10th two and on the 11th six more ca...

Further Observations on the Use of Adrenalin in Plague

In a previous communication to this journal * the preliminary observations with adrenalin were related. They indicated that adrenalin exerted a distinctly beneficial effect upon the circulation by increasing the pulse tension, remedying its irregularities and steadying and sustaining the action of the heart, until such time as the system was able to eliminate the toxins, and bring about recover...