Henry Carter Hull

It begins by describing each season’s characteristics. The season autumn; described by strong south winds and many rainy days. Winter had south winds with the occasional north wind, and droughts. Spring was southerly and cold with slight rain. Summer was cloudy and didn’t rain. Starting in the spring, many people began having mild fevers and in some, it caused hemorrhage. The hemorrhage was rarely fatal and only accounts for very few deaths.

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Professor Hecker was generally acknowledged to be the most learned medical historian, and one of the most able medical writers in Germany. His work "The Epidemics of the Middle Ages" covers three diseases: The Black Death, The Dancing Mania, and The Sweating Sickness.

“Never was a country guided through the perils of an Epidemic with greater wisdom and energy than Great Britain during the Cholera of 1848–1849. The master spirit on that occasion was Dr. Southwood Smith. Long previous to that time this great man had had a more extended experience of the nature, causes, and treatment of Zymotic diseases than perhaps any physician before or since. He had made them his special study, and applied the great powers...

In this first volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton begins his examination of diseases in Britain from the first British epidemic in 664 AD to the end of the Great Plague in 1666. The work is broken down by time period and disease, ranging from Bede's record of the plague of 664–684 to 'the French pox', as well as outbreaks during sea voyages and in the early colonies. This work will be of value...

In this second volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton continues his examination of diseases in Britain from the time of Charles II to the time of the volume's publication in 1894. The work is broken down by disease, ranging from typhus to childhood diseases, as well as examining the origin and consequences of specific outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Ireland and among British troops abroad. This work...

We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They used their knowledge to change the world, and their stories are fascinating. This book offers a concise introduction of the lives of 46 women, taking you into the cultural and social context...