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Lifetime: 1673 - 1754 Passed: ≈ 270 years ago

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Richard Mead

Books by Richard Mead

Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used to Prevent It Cover image

Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used to Prevent It

History Non-Fiction Science Health & Wellness
18th century France Infection Public health Medicine Disease Plague Quarantine Epidemiology Prevention Sanitation Contagion

Richard Mead's *Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion* is a landmark treatise on the 18th-century understanding of plague and its spread. Written in response to the outbreak in France, the book delves into the nature of contagious diseas...