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plague tract

Plague tracts are among the most common forms of medical writing in the period. They describe signs of the disease; offer suggestions for therapeutics; and discuss larger-scale preventive measures such as quarantines.


There are 135 books tagged with this term.
 
Last Name First Name Title Sort descending Date
Goeurot Jean A new booke entyteled the regiment of lyfe: with a syngular Treatise of the pestilece… 1543
Drouet Pierre A new counsell against the pestilence, declaring what kinde of disease it is, of what… 1578
[author not specified] A passing gode lityll boke necessarye [and] behouefull 1485
Bèze Theodore de A shorte learned and pithie treatize of the plague, wherin are handled these two questions… 1580
Thayre Thomas A treatise of the pestilence: vvherein is shewed all the causes thereof, with most assured… 1603
Paré Ambroise A treatise of the plague contayning the causes, signes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure thereof : together… 1630
Lodge Thomas A treatise of the plague: containing the nature, signes, and accidents of the same, with… 1603
Bradwell Stephen A vvatch-man for the pest. Teaching the true rules of preservation from the pestilent… 1625
Cock Thomas Advice for the poor by way of cure & caution. Being very sensible that it is… 1665
Anderson Anthony An approved medicine against the deserued plague 1593
Thayre Thomas An excellent and best approoued treatise of the plague. Containing, the nature, signes, and accidents… 1625
Skeyne Gilbert Ane breue descriptioun of the pest quhair in the causis, signis and sum speciall preseruatioun… 1568
H. H. Another godly letter, lately written to the same H.H. by his owne sister out of… 1625
City of London Articles to be enquired of, what orders haue bene put in execution, for the restreinyng… 1577
Royal College of Physicians of London Certain necessary directions, as well for the cure of the plague as for preventing the… 1665
Royal College of Physicians of London Certain necessary directions, as well for the cure of the plague, as for preventing the… 1665
Royal College of Physicians of London. Certain necessary directions, aswell for the cure of the plague, as for preuenting the infection… 1636
Royal College of Physicians of London Certain necessary directions, aswell for the cure of the plague, as for preuenting the infection… 1636
Herring Francis Certaine rules, directions, or advertisements for this time of pestilentiall contagion. With a caveat to… 1636
Herring Francis Certaine rules, directions, or advertisments for this time of pestilentiall contagion: with a caueat to… 1603
Herring Francis Certaine rules, directions, or advertisments for this time of pestilentiall contagion: with a caueat to… 1625
[author not specified] Concerning the constitution of an aire infected and how to know plague-sores and carbuncles… 1644
Barker Richard Consilium anti-pestilentiale 1665
Wharton Thomas Directions for the prevention and cure of the plague. Fitted for the poorer sort… 1665
Austin William Epiloimia epē. Or, The anatomy of the pestilence 1666
[author not specified] Especiall obseruations, and approued physicall rules 1625
[author not specified] Famous and effectual medicine to cure the plague 1670
D. T. Food and physick ... during the time of the plague 1666
D. T. Food and physick, for every housholder, & his family, during the time of the plague 1665
V. J. Golgotha; or, A looking-glass for London, and the suburbs thereof. Shewing the causes, nature… 1665