A Succinct Account of the Plague at Marseilles Its Symptoms and the Methods and Medicines Used for Curing It

"A Succinct Account of the Plague at Marseilles" by François Chicoyneau is a record from the 1700s that shares firsthand medical knowledge about a terrible plague outbreak in Marseilles. Doctors sent from Paris carefully watched and wrote down the different ways the disease made people sick, sorting patients into groups based on what they saw. The book tells how the sickness got worse over time and what treatments were tried, and how well they worked. The focus is on what the doctors learned, how hard it was to help people who were sick, how scared the patients were, and why it was important for people to help each other during the crisis.