...when they were dragged forth one poor wretch died on the threshold. ' The disease extended no further. The prudent conduct of the gaoler was represented...this was the first attempt at quarantine ; it was an European custom, and as it worked well, it was one of the great reforms to which Turkey was to owe...

...punished with inniant death. disease extended no farther. " This," observes the author of the Mussulman, " was the first attempt at quarantine ; it was a European custom, and as it worked well, it was hailed as one of the great reforms to which Turkey was to owe her regeneration. The noise of it even...