Rotten bodies: class and contagion in eighteenth-century Britain

1. Plague, Putrefaction, and the Poor

2. Reframing Plague after 1666

3. Prisons, Debtors, and Disease in the Early Eighteenth Century

4. Jail Fever Comes of Age

5. Jail Fever and Prison Reform: London, 1750-1789

6. Braving Contagion: John Howard and Ordinary Men

7. Typhus Ever After

Conclusion: Plebeian and Other Bodies.