"Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665" by John Quincy, Nathaniel Hodges. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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John Quincy. Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665
Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665
Table of Contents
SECTION I. Of the Rise and Progress of the late Plague
SECTION II. Of the Cause of a Pestilence, and a Contagion
SECTION III. Of the primary Seat of a Pestilence; where, by the Way, is considered the Nature of the Spirits, and their Infection in an humane Body from Poison
SECTION IV. Of the Complication of a Pestilence with other Distempers, and particularly with the Scurvy
SECTION V. Of the manifest Signs of the late Pestilence
SECTION VI. The Prognostick Signs of the late Pestilence
SECTION VII. Concerning the Cure of the late Pestilence
A Compound Antipestilential Decoction
An Alexiterial Water
A Treacle-Water
A Diaphoretick Oil
An Alexipharmick Vinegar
The famous Sir Theodore Mayerne’s Electuarium de Ovo
Mayerne’s celebrated Cordial-water
SECTION VIII. Of Preservation from a Pestilence
An Antipestilential Electuary of Mayerne
An Electuary for the Poor
An Antipestilential Confection
Antipestilential Pills
Antipestilential Elixir Proprietatis
Lozenges against the Plague
OF THE. Different Causes. OF. Pestilential Diseases, And how they become Contagious
OF THE. Different Causes. OF. Pestilential Diseases, &c
A Table of the Funerals. IN THE. Several Parishes within the Bills of Mortality. of the City of LONDON, For the Year 1665
Footnote
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Nathaniel Hodges, John Quincy
With Precautionary Directions Against the Like Contagion
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AND for what concerns that Pestilence now under Enquiry, this we have as to its Origin, from the most irrefragable Authority, that it first came into this Island by Contagion, and was imported to us from Holland, in Packs of Merchandice; and if any one pleases to trace it further, he may be satisfied by common Fame, it came thither from Turkey in Bails of Cotton or Silk, which is a strange Preserver of the pestilential Steams. For that Part of the World is seldom free from such Infections, altho’ it is sometimes more severe than others, according to the Disposition of Seasons and Temperature of Air in those Regions: But if any would yet more intimately be acquainted with its Origin, it concerns him to know all the Changes the Air in these Climates is subject to, and its various Properties of Dryness, Moisture, Heat, Cold, &c.
BUT least I should be thought too prolix in the Enumeration of such Circumstances, and incur the Suspicion of Atheism, (a Charge too just upon the Faculty) by ascribing too much to second Causes, as the Schools please to call them, it may be convenient for me to declare, that the το θειον of a Pestilence is as much a Part of my Faith, as any others; the sacred Pages clearly and demonstratively prove, that the Almighty, by his Authority, and at his Pleasure, may draw the Sword, bend the Bow, or shoot the Arrows of Death; and a Retrospection into Times past, shews many convincing Proofs of this terrible Truth; and in this Contagion before us, the Footsteps of an over-ruling Power are very legible, especially so far as concerns his divine Permission: But the great God’s Purposes are Secrets too awful for Mortals to pry into, although we know that he punishes as a Parent, and chides for our Good, which makes it our Duty to kiss the Rod, and submit. But enough of this, least I should be thought to invade anothers Province; and it is sufficient to the Purpose of a Physician, to assign natural and obvious Causes; and where such are discoverable, it is unworthy of him and the divine Art he professes, as well as an Affront to good Sense, to have Recourse to any other.
