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

CHAPTER VIII.

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INFANTILE DIARRHOEA, CHOLERA NOSTRAS, AND DYSENTERY.

Summer Diarrhoea of Infants in London, 17th century 748

Summer Diarrhoea of Infants, 18th century 754

Modern Statistics of Infantile Diarrhoea 758

Causes of the high Death-rates from Infantile Diarrhoea 763

Cholera Nostras 768

Dysentery in the 17th and 18th centuries 774

Dysentery in the 19th century 785