"A Treatise on Fever" is one of the first 19th-century medical works on the origins and cure of fever. At the time of writing, the aim of the book was to is to ascertain the real phenomena of fever and find the safest and effectual treatment for the disease. Now, the book is an interesting read for everyone interested in the history of medicine and medical practices in Victorian Britain.

A history of the world through the lens of fever deals with the expression of fever, with the efforts of medical scientists to classify it, and with fever's changing social, cultural and political significance.