Letters relating to the plague, and other contagious distempers. [electronic resource] : Part I. Letters to Martin Folkes, Esq. President of the Royal Society of London, &c. read at several Meetings of the Royal Society in the Years 1743, 1744. Wherein the principal Ways by which the Infection of the Plague, or any other contagious Fever, may be conveyed to human Bodies, are carefully considered; and proper Means of Safety from it are proposed. Part II. Letters to *****. Containing general rules for a suitable management, when that sickness shall be brought into any city, army, or navy; and proper Preservatives from it. Likewise an Account of Events predicted in the Word of God, and to be expected in the Time of a Pestilence, &c. And a letter to John Milner, Esq. containing an Account of the Nature of the Cause which produced the contagious Distemper among the Cattle in 1714, with Rules to Farmers for Management, and suitable Remedies, when such Contagion shall be among their Herds. And a Method proposed for finding out the Quality of the Cause producing the epidemical Diseases now among the Cattle in Great Britain, and foreign Countries, and the proper Medicines for Curing them. Whereunto are added copper-plates of machines, which may be useful in an infectious season. Designed for Usefulness to the Public, and to Families; and particularly for the Safety of Magistrates in the Performance of their Office, and the Preservation of those Divines, and others, who shall be obliged to visit, or attend the Sick. By Theophilus Lobb, M.D. Member of the College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London, &c.