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Malaria in Batavia in the 18th century [PDF]
In 1733 an unknown deadly disease broke out in Batavia (now Jakarta), then the main seat of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Asia. Mortality among its personnel rose alarmingly and caused serious shortages of sailors, soldiers and craftsmen. Ever‐growing numbers of people had to be sent from the Netherlands to Batavia to make up for the high ...
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Prior to describing the translation situation in the 18th century, it should be noted that several factors led to its development, including the expansion of modern languages teaching, and the increasing presence of grammars, vocabularies and anthologies for both language learning and translation.
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An Itinerary in the 18th Century
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In the “Century of Light”, on the basis of surgical knowledge, anatomical developments in the universities, and the experience of wandering physicians and certain artisans, autonomous dental medicine developed and was documented by Pierre Fauchard.
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Classification of epilepsies in the 18th century
The Lancet Neurology, 2018[no abstract available]
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Local censuses in the 18th century
Population Studies, 1969Abstract Recent work on the population problems of the eighteenth century has been mainly based on the use of parish records. Another source, and one which, surprisingly, has received little attention is the local census. These are more numerous than is generally realised; and can be of great use in demographic studies.
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