Project Gutenberg 2015-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 137 Wintringham, Clifton 1689 1748 An Essay on Contagious Diseases more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers Produced by Ernest Schaal and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Essay on Contagious Diseases" by Clifton Wintringham is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The book discusses various contagious diseases, with a focus on smallpox, measles, and pestilential fevers, analyzing their causes and effects on the human body. Wintringham seeks to provide clarity on these illnesses during a time when outbreaks were common and understanding of disease transmission was limited. The content of the book is structured into chapters that elaborate on the specific properties and phenomena associated with contagious diseases. The author begins by defining contagious diseases and explaining their potential transmission methods, particularly through the air and contaminated bodily substances. He further examines the physiological changes these diseases instigate in the body, emphasizing the role of various environmental factors such as temperature and humidity in disease propagation. In the latter sections, Wintringham details the signs and symptoms of specific diseases, drawing connections between the severity of illness and the presence of infectious particles, culminating in observations about the historical prevalence and virulence of diseases. Overall, Wintringham's work serves as a significant reflection of early Enlightenment thinking on disease and health. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Communicable diseases -- Early works to 1800 Smallpox -- Early works to 1800 Fever -- Early works to 1800 RC Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Health & Medicine 107802 2025-09-19T15:53:18.672695 text/html 85767 2024-10-24T17:37:39 text/html 513170 2025-09-19T15:53:21.639686 application/epub+zip 513523 2025-09-19T15:53:19.419687 application/epub+zip 103108 2025-09-19T15:53:19.039713 application/epub+zip 568586 2025-09-19T15:53:23.380694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550239 2025-09-19T15:53:21.281743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141799 2022-09-22T10:51:32.217279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85157 2025-09-19T15:53:18.139665 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65299 2024-10-24T17:37:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16962 2025-09-19T15:53:23.508652 application/rdf+xml 22124 2025-09-19T15:53:19.135666 image/jpeg 3112 2025-09-19T15:53:19.088716 image/jpeg 581114 2025-09-19T15:53:18.723658 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia