A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time

CHAPTER V.

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MEASLES.

Derivation and early uses of the name 632

Sydenham’s description of Measles in London, 1670 and 1674 635

Measles in the 18th century 641

Increasing mortality from Measles at the end of the 18th century 647

Measles in Glasgow in 1808 and 1811-12: Researches of Watt 652

Measles in the Period of Statistics 660