A History of Epidemic Pestilences from the Earliest Ages: 1495 Years Before the Birth of Our Saviour to 1848; with Researches Into Their Nature, Causes, and ProphylaxisChurchill, 1851 - 250 pages |
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affected America amongst Andalusia Anno appeared army atmosphere attacked autumn Barcelona became bilious body buried carried catarrh cattle caused great mortality cholera church cold comet comet was seen commenced Constantinople contagion continued dead death destroyed destruction died dreadful drought dysentery earth earthquake earthquake was felt Egypt England epidemic disease epidemic pestilence eruption of Vesuvius especially Europe experienced famine famine and pestilence fatal fell France Germany heat houses infected influenza inhabitants inundations Ireland island Italy king kingdom of Aragon kingdom of Valencia lence light locusts London malady malignant fever month murrain numbers observed occurred period perished persons pestilence broke pestilence prevailed pestilence raged pestilential physician provinces rife river Rome says seasons seized severe earthquake Seville similar small-pox Spain suffered from epidemic summer sweating sickness symptoms Syria tion town vapours various vast numbers vegetable Vesuvius violent visited wind winter yellow fever yellow pestilence
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Page 96 - And the king said unto her, What aileth thee ? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
Page 187 - He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Page 219 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 213 - And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast : they shall die of a great pestilence.
Page 248 - When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession...
Page 213 - And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
Page 213 - And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 216 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 57 - They formed circles hand in hand, and, appearing to have lost all control over their senses, continued dancing, regardless of the bystanders, for hours together, in wild delirium, until at length they fell to the ground in a state of exhaustion. They then complained of extreme oppression, and groaned as if in the agonies of death, until they were swathed in clothes bound tightly round their waists, upon which they again recovered, and remained free from complaint until the next attack.
Page 250 - And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is...