CHAPTER IX

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SMALLPOX AND MEASLES.

First accounts of Smallpox in Arabic writings--Nature of the disease 439

European Smallpox in the Middle Ages 445

Measles in medieval writings--Origin of the names “measles” and “pocks” 448

First English notices of Smallpox in the Tudor period 456

Great increase of Smallpox in the Stuart period 463

Smallpox in Continental writings of the 16th century 467

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