| | | [166] Compare _Marx_, Origines contagii. Caroliruh. et Bad. 1824. 8. | | | | [167] _Cæl. Aurelian._ Chron. L. IV. c. 1. p. 497. _Ed. Amman._ | | “Sed hi ægrotantem destituendum magis imperant, quam curandum, quod | | a se alienum humanitas approbat medicinæ.” | | | | [168] _Geschichte der Heilkunde_, Vol. II. p. 248. | | | | [169] _Chalin_ assures us expressly, that many nunneries, by | | closing their gates, remained free from the contagion. It is worthy | | of note, and quite in conformity with the prevailing notions, | | that the continuance in a thick, moist atmosphere, was generally | | esteemed more advantageous and conservative, on account of its | | being more impenetrable to the astral influence, inasmuch as the | | inferior cause kept off the superior.—_Chalin_, p. 48. | | | | [170] This was called _Affluxus_, or _Forma specifica_, and was | | compared to the effect of a magnet on iron, and of amber on | | chaff.—_Chalin de Vinario_, p. 23. | | | | [171] Causa universalis agens—causa particularis patiens. To this | | correspond, in _Chalin_, the expressions Causa superior et inferior. | | | | [172] Purging with alöetic pills; bleeding; purification of the air | | by means of large fires; the use of treacle; frequent smelling to | | volatile substances, of which certain “poma,” were prepared; the | | internal use of Armenian bole,—a plague-remedy derived from the | | Arabians, and, throughout the middle ages, much in vogue, and very | | improperly used; and the employment of acescent food, in order to | | resist putridity. _Guy de Chauliac_ appears to have recommended | | flight to many. Loc. citat. p. 115. Compare _Chalin_, L. II., who | | gives most excellent precepts on this subject. | | | | [173] _Auger. de Biterris_, loc. cit. | | | | [174] L. I. c. 4. p. 39. | | | | [175] Fol. 32. loc. cit. | | | | [176] _Galeacii de Sancta Sophia_, Liber de Febribus. Venet. 1514, | | fol.