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Discourse of the Plague is published to warn wealthy people to not get close to those living in poverty.

1665

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Written by Gideon Harvey, an English physician, the tract warns against close contact with people living in poverty by describing them as carrying more disease. He also includes five pages of cures and treatments for rich people, describing them as separate treatments than those for poor people.