The Epidemics of the Middle Ages

Name: The Epidemics of the Middle Ages
Author: Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl)

Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl)

Black Death; Epidemics -- History; Hysteria, Epidemic

| Livonia, Hibernia, et aliis locis visi non infrequens,’” &c.—_J.     |
| Freind. Opera omnia Med._ fol. London. 1733.                         |
|                                                                      |
| De hujus morbi antiquitatibus vide elegantem _Böttigeri_             |
| disputationem in _Sprengelii_ Beitr. z. Gesch. d. Med. 11. p. 1–45.  |
| _Blancard. Lexic. Med._ Edit. noviss. 8vo. Lipsiæ, 1822.—_Transl.    |
| note._                                                               |
|                                                                      |
| [247] Born 1430, died 1480. Cornucopiæ latinæ linguæ. Basil. 1536.   |
| fol. Comment. in primum _Martialis_ Epigramma, p. 51, 52. “Est et    |
| alius stellio ex araneorum genere, qui, simili modo, ascalabotes a   |
| Græcis dicitur, et colotes et galeotes, lentiginosus in cavernulis   |
| dehiscentibus, per æstum terræ habitans. Hic majorum nostrorum       |
| temporibus in Italia visus non fuit, nunc frequens in Apulia         |
| visitur. Aliquando etiam in Tarquinensi et Corniculano agro, et      |
| vulgo similiter _tarantula_ vocatur. Morsus ejus perraro interemit   |
| hominem, semistupidum tamen facit, et varie afficit, _tarantulam_    |
| vulgo appellant. _Quidam cantu audito, aut sono, ita excitantur, ut  |
| pleni lætitia et semper ridentes saltent, nec nisi defatigati et     |
| semineces desistant._ Alii semper flentes, quasi desiderio suorum    |
| miserabilem vitam agant. Alii visa muliere, libidinis statim ardore  |
| incensi, veluti furentes in eam prosiliant. Quidam ridendo, quidam   |
| flendo moriantur.”                                                   |
|                                                                      |
| [248] Lycosa Tarantula.                                              |
|                                                                      |
| [249] The Aranea Tarantula of _Linnæus_, who, after the technical    |
| description, says, “Habitat in Europa australi, potissimum           |
| Apulia, in Barbaria, in Tauria, Russiæque, australis desertis, in    |
| Astracania ad montes Sibiriæ Altaicos usque, in Persia et reliquo    |
| Oriente, in solo præsertim argillaceo in antris, morsu quamvis       |
| interdum dolente, olimque famosum tarantismum musica sanandum        |
| excitare credito, vix unquam periculoso, cinerascens, oculis         |
| duobus prioribus rubris, thorace in areas nigras diviso in centrum   |
| concurrentes, abdomine supra fasciis maxillisque nigris.”—_Systema   |
| Naturæ._ Tom. I. pars v. p. 2956.                                    |
|                                                                      |
| For particulars regarding the habits of the Lycosæ, see              |
| _Griffith’s_ Transl. of _Cuvier’s_ Animal Kingdom. Vol.              |
| XIII. p. 427 and p. 480. et seq. The author states that _M.          |
| Chabrier_ has published (Soc. Acad. de Lille 4^e cahier) some        |

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The Epidemics of the Middle AgesHecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl)

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The Epidemics of the Middle Ages

Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl)

Black Death; Epidemics -- History; Hysteria, Epidemic

| Livonia, Hibernia, et aliis locis visi non infrequens,’” &c.—_J.     |
| Freind. Opera omnia Med._ fol. London. 1733.                         |
|                                                                      |
| De hujus morbi antiquitatibus vide elegantem _Böttigeri_             |
| disputationem in _Sprengelii_ Beitr. z. Gesch. d. Med. 11. p. 1–45.  |
| _Blancard. Lexic. Med._ Edit. noviss. 8vo. Lipsiæ, 1822.—_Transl.    |
| note._                                                               |
|                                                                      |
| [247] Born 1430, died 1480. Cornucopiæ latinæ linguæ. Basil. 1536.   |
| fol. Comment. in primum _Martialis_ Epigramma, p. 51, 52. “Est et    |
| alius stellio ex araneorum genere, qui, simili modo, ascalabotes a   |
| Græcis dicitur, et colotes et galeotes, lentiginosus in cavernulis   |
| dehiscentibus, per æstum terræ habitans. Hic majorum nostrorum       |
| temporibus in Italia visus non fuit, nunc frequens in Apulia         |
| visitur. Aliquando etiam in Tarquinensi et Corniculano agro, et      |
| vulgo similiter _tarantula_ vocatur. Morsus ejus perraro interemit   |
| hominem, semistupidum tamen facit, et varie afficit, _tarantulam_    |
| vulgo appellant. _Quidam cantu audito, aut sono, ita excitantur, ut  |
| pleni lætitia et semper ridentes saltent, nec nisi defatigati et     |
| semineces desistant._ Alii semper flentes, quasi desiderio suorum    |
| miserabilem vitam agant. Alii visa muliere, libidinis statim ardore  |
| incensi, veluti furentes in eam prosiliant. Quidam ridendo, quidam   |
| flendo moriantur.”                                                   |
|                                                                      |
| [248] Lycosa Tarantula.                                              |
|                                                                      |
| [249] The Aranea Tarantula of _Linnæus_, who, after the technical    |
| description, says, “Habitat in Europa australi, potissimum           |
| Apulia, in Barbaria, in Tauria, Russiæque, australis desertis, in    |
| Astracania ad montes Sibiriæ Altaicos usque, in Persia et reliquo    |
| Oriente, in solo præsertim argillaceo in antris, morsu quamvis       |
| interdum dolente, olimque famosum tarantismum musica sanandum        |
| excitare credito, vix unquam periculoso, cinerascens, oculis         |
| duobus prioribus rubris, thorace in areas nigras diviso in centrum   |
| concurrentes, abdomine supra fasciis maxillisque nigris.”—_Systema   |
| Naturæ._ Tom. I. pars v. p. 2956.                                    |
|                                                                      |
| For particulars regarding the habits of the Lycosæ, see              |
| _Griffith’s_ Transl. of _Cuvier’s_ Animal Kingdom. Vol.              |
| XIII. p. 427 and p. 480. et seq. The author states that _M.          |
| Chabrier_ has published (Soc. Acad. de Lille 4^e cahier) some        |

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