Quarantine (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from QuarantineThe importance of this subject has induced the Board of Consulting Physicians not to return an im mediate answer to the application, but to take time sufficient for a deliberate and cautious survey of the facts on which their opinion is to be based. They are fully aware that great diversity of sentiment has existed and still exists, in regard to the matters ia volved in the question, and they do not expect to be able to give a reply which will be universally satisfactory.Quarantine establishments were erected at a te mote period, when the laws which regulate the dif fusion of malignant epidemics were less understood than they now are. A dread of the sweeping mor tality which these diseases bring with them, naturally led to the introduction of every possible measure supposed to be adapted to prevent their dissemina tion.The scrutinizing spirit, which of late years has been applied to the investigation of facts connected with this subject, has wrought a great change in the minds of medical men and even of the whole com munity in regard to it.1841] city document. - No. 16.In consequence of very careful researches, some of the formidable diseases, reputed to be contagious, have been found, according to the opinions of most physicians, not to be so, such as the Yellow Fever, Cholera, Leprosy, &c., : others, whose non-contagious character is not so well settled have been discovered to be contagious only in particular localities, where an epidemic disposition existed, such as some of the forms of Typhus Fever.The facts, from which the conclusions alluded to have been derived, are too numerous to be cited here but we can refer you to documents, in which they may be found.Furthermore, we must notice that the diseases generally believed to be communicable by contact, that is by the touch, as small-pox, measles, &c., , are more frequently introduced by land than by sea, and that, to oppose an effectual barrier to these diseases we must establish a cordon around the City, and wholly cut off our communication with places, where these diseases exist.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.