XLIII. On the late plague at Malta

An Account of the origin and progress of the Plague of Malta, in the year 1813.

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...

Plague at Giridih

flood of light on the subject, clearing up the points which were obscure in my mind ; but by the light of this paper, I can see that what seemed doubts and difficulties to me are really corroborative evidences in support of the conclusions of Major S. Browning-Smith, I.M.S. The sequence of events in the Giridih plague epidemic appears to be this. Towards the end of July, Pachamba, a town situat...

Plague at Sydney

published a lengthy and elaborate Report of the Board of Health on a Second Outbreak of Plague at Sydney, 1902, comprising 80 folio pages, written by the Chief Medical Officer of the Government, Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson. Amongst numerous features of interest there is the fact that it is a very complete analysis of an outbreak of plague in a civilised white urban population living under conditi...

On Malta Fever

served in either service, and been stationed at Malta, the disease is comparatively unknown, as the cases which occur in England as either relapses, or even as a primary disease, generally come under the treatment of a naval or military medical officer. The disease may be defined as a specific fever, varying in intensity, sometimes continued for weeks without a remission, and at other times sim...