A number of works focused on a single disease; plague was far and away the most common topic for such a work. Scurvy, gout, and ‘fevers’ were other topics o specific works. For us. ‘fever’ is a symptom, but it was understood as more of a multiform disease.
| Last Name | First Name | Title Sort ascending | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| [author not specified] | A brief relation of the plague at Naples | 1665 | |
| Forrest | James | A brief defence, of the old and succesful method of curing continual fevers; in opposition… | 1694 |
| Bromfield | M. | A brief but most useful account of so much reigning disease the scurvy, with infallible directions for its cure | 1681 |
| Ghyles | Thomas | A brief and plain description of the joynt-sickness: also, an introduction, leading exactly to… | 1684 |
| [author not specified] | ...speciall receipts ...for preserving those that are well from the plague | 1666 |