The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityRosenbaum, Julius
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The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity
Rosenbaum, Julius
Sexually transmitted diseases -- History
_H. Dav. Gaubius_ had this Work again re-printed together with the
preceding (Leyden 1777. 8vo.) and a Preface. An English Translation
was edited by _Jos. Skinner_. London 1792. 8vo.—The Work falls into
8 Divisions. Div. 1. Extracts from Pet. Pintor, Sebast. Aquitanus,
Pet. Delphinus, Petr. Martyr, pp. 1-24.—Div. 2. Symptoms of the so
called Venereal Disease, as they were observed in Italy in the month
of March 1793 and 1794. pp. 24-31.—Div. 3. In the history of Medicine
there is no Description of an epidemic Disease resembling in all its
consequences that which invaded Italy, Spain and France in the years
1493 and 1494. pp. 31-42.—Div. 4. The Venereal attacks, which have
been observed since the time of Hippocrates, were not the consequence
of the inflammatory or chronic Venereal Disease, such as it has
been observed since the years 1493 and 1494. pp. 42-45.—Div. 5. On
certain passages in _Astruc’s_ book “On the Venereal Disease”. pp.
45-54.—Div. 6. Conclusions from the passages of Pet. Pintor and Pet.
Delphinus concerning the Venereal Epidemic in Italy, France and Spain
in the years 1493, 1494. pp. 54-61.—Div. 7. Did the early Voyages who
discovered the Harbours and Peoples of North and South America observe
the Venereal Disease, and was their Manhood infected with it? pp.
62-72.—Div. 8. On the Spread of infectious Diseases by sea, and the
Quarantine observed during the Plague on the different coasts of the
Mediterranean Sea. pp. 73-81.—_Recapitulation_: The Venereal Disease
prevailed as a “Febris Pestilentialis” (pestilential fever) in March
1493, and after the arrival of Charles VIII in Italy (1494) took the
name of “Morbus Gallicus” (French Complaint); the Venereal affections
observed in Antiquity are distinct from the Venereal Disease as known
since 1494; the Spaniards imported it into the Antilles, and the French
were already infected when they came into Italy, where the Disease had
been prevalent before their arrival. The early Voyages mention not a
word of having found the Disease among the Savages. America, Africa
and the East Indies have never communicated their epidemic and endemic
Diseases to Europe; therefore the Venereal Disease cannot have been
brought by the Spaniards from America to Europe.—Both Works of Sanchez
are now rare. Comp. _Girtanner_, vol. III. pp. 460-471.—_Richter_,
Chirurg. Bibliothek. vol. III. p. 381.
6) _Berdoe_, Mermaduke: An essay on the Pudendagra. Bath 1771. 8vo.
_Girtanner_, vol. III. p. 577., says: the Author has collected
everything that is found in the older Writers on the subject of the
“Pudendagra”, and shows wherein it is distinct from the Venereal
Disease.
7) _Ph. Gabr. Hensler_, Geschichte der Lustseuche, die zu Ende des XV.
Jahrhunderts ausbrach. _Erster_ Band. Altona 1783. 335. 134 S. 8. Neuer
Abdruck oder Titel? 1794.
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