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The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

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Rosenbaum, Julius

Sexually transmitted diseases -- History

[430] _Celsus_, bk. V. ch. 28. Comp. _Galen_, Defin. med. (XIX. p.
444.). _Oribasius_, Synops. VII. ch. 39., Collect. bk. XLV. ch. 12.,
bk. L. ch. 7. (in Mai loco cit. p. 43, p. 186). _Aëtius_, Tetrab. IV.
serm. 2. ch. 3., serm. 4. ch. 105. _Paulus Aegineta_, bk. III. ch. 59.,
bk. VI. chs. 58, 71. _Nonnus_, Epit. ch. 197. _Pollux_, Onomast. bk.
IV. ch. 25. sect. 194., θύμος, ὐπέρυθρος ἔκφυσις, τραχεῖα, ἔναιμος, οὐ
δυσαφαίρετος, μάλιστα περὶ αἰδοῖα καὶ δακτύλιον καὶ παραμήρια· ἔστὶ
δ’ ὅτε καὶ ἐπὶ προσώπῳ. (θύμος,—_thymus_, a reddish outgrowth, rough,
suffused with blood, not difficult to remove, occurring chiefly on the
genital organs and anus and insides of the thighs; but sometimes on the
face too). _Marcellus_, ch. 33. _Myrepsus_, XXXVIII. ch. 157.

[431] _Hippocrates_, De ulcer. Vol. III. p. 319., shows a knowledge of
them very uncommon so early as his time.

[432] _Celsus_, bk. V. ch. 28. ch. 1. _Galen_, Defin. med. (XIX. p.
444.) _Oribasius_, Collect. bk. XLV. ch. 11. ch. 14. (Mai loco cit. 41,
43.) _Aëtius_, Tetrab. IV. serm. 2. ch. 3., serm. 4. ch. 105. _Paulus
Aegineta_, bk. IV. ch. 15., bk. VI. ch. 87. _Actuarius_, bk. II. ch.
11., bk. IV. ch. 15., bk. VI. ch. 9. _Pollux_, Onomast. bk. IV. ch. 25,
sect. 195.

[433] _Galen_, Method. med. bk. XIV. ch. 17. (X. p. 1011.).

[434] Perhaps some weight should be attached to the fact that the
ancient physicians recommend as remedies against ulcers of the nose and
mouth exactly the same means as they employed in cases of ulcer of the
genitals. Comp. _Celsus_ bk. VI. ch. 18.

[435] _Celsus_, bk. VI. ch. 8., bk. VII. ch. 11. _Galen_, Synops. med.
sec. loc. bk. III. ch. 3. (XII. 678.). _Oribasius_, De loc. affect.
Vol. IV. chs. 45, 46. _Aëtius_, Tetrab. II. serm. 2. chs. 90, 91, 93.
_Paulus Aegineta_ bk. III. ch. 23. _Alexander of Tralles_ bk. III.
ch. 8. _Caelius Aurelianus_ morb. chron. bk. II. ch. 1. _Actuarius_,
Method. med. bk. II. ch. 8., bk. VI. ch. 4. _Nonnus_, Epit. ch. 93.
_Pollux_, Onomast. bk. IV. ch. 25. sect. 204. The remark of _Galen_,
Isagog. ch. 20. (XIV. p. 792.), is interesting that _falling way of
the nose_ from the palate gives sufferers an apelike look, ἀλλὰ κἂν
ἐξ ὑπερώας μεσίζῃ ἡ ῥὶς, ὥς φησι, σιμοῦνται ἀθεραπεύτως,—(but if the
nose separates from the palate, they get flat-nosed, as they say,
like monkeys,—incurable.) A special _nasal syringe_, rhynenchytes, is
mentioned by _Caelius Aurelianus_, Chron. bk. I. ch. 4., bk. III. ch.
2. Comp. _Calmasius_, Ad Solin p. 274.

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The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityRosenbaum, Julius

History

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

Rosenbaum, Julius

Sexually transmitted diseases -- History

[430] _Celsus_, bk. V. ch. 28. Comp. _Galen_, Defin. med. (XIX. p.
444.). _Oribasius_, Synops. VII. ch. 39., Collect. bk. XLV. ch. 12.,
bk. L. ch. 7. (in Mai loco cit. p. 43, p. 186). _Aëtius_, Tetrab. IV.
serm. 2. ch. 3., serm. 4. ch. 105. _Paulus Aegineta_, bk. III. ch. 59.,
bk. VI. chs. 58, 71. _Nonnus_, Epit. ch. 197. _Pollux_, Onomast. bk.
IV. ch. 25. sect. 194., θύμος, ὐπέρυθρος ἔκφυσις, τραχεῖα, ἔναιμος, οὐ
δυσαφαίρετος, μάλιστα περὶ αἰδοῖα καὶ δακτύλιον καὶ παραμήρια· ἔστὶ
δ’ ὅτε καὶ ἐπὶ προσώπῳ. (θύμος,—_thymus_, a reddish outgrowth, rough,
suffused with blood, not difficult to remove, occurring chiefly on the
genital organs and anus and insides of the thighs; but sometimes on the
face too). _Marcellus_, ch. 33. _Myrepsus_, XXXVIII. ch. 157.

[431] _Hippocrates_, De ulcer. Vol. III. p. 319., shows a knowledge of
them very uncommon so early as his time.

[432] _Celsus_, bk. V. ch. 28. ch. 1. _Galen_, Defin. med. (XIX. p.
444.) _Oribasius_, Collect. bk. XLV. ch. 11. ch. 14. (Mai loco cit. 41,
43.) _Aëtius_, Tetrab. IV. serm. 2. ch. 3., serm. 4. ch. 105. _Paulus
Aegineta_, bk. IV. ch. 15., bk. VI. ch. 87. _Actuarius_, bk. II. ch.
11., bk. IV. ch. 15., bk. VI. ch. 9. _Pollux_, Onomast. bk. IV. ch. 25,
sect. 195.

[433] _Galen_, Method. med. bk. XIV. ch. 17. (X. p. 1011.).

[434] Perhaps some weight should be attached to the fact that the
ancient physicians recommend as remedies against ulcers of the nose and
mouth exactly the same means as they employed in cases of ulcer of the
genitals. Comp. _Celsus_ bk. VI. ch. 18.

[435] _Celsus_, bk. VI. ch. 8., bk. VII. ch. 11. _Galen_, Synops. med.
sec. loc. bk. III. ch. 3. (XII. 678.). _Oribasius_, De loc. affect.
Vol. IV. chs. 45, 46. _Aëtius_, Tetrab. II. serm. 2. chs. 90, 91, 93.
_Paulus Aegineta_ bk. III. ch. 23. _Alexander of Tralles_ bk. III.
ch. 8. _Caelius Aurelianus_ morb. chron. bk. II. ch. 1. _Actuarius_,
Method. med. bk. II. ch. 8., bk. VI. ch. 4. _Nonnus_, Epit. ch. 93.
_Pollux_, Onomast. bk. IV. ch. 25. sect. 204. The remark of _Galen_,
Isagog. ch. 20. (XIV. p. 792.), is interesting that _falling way of
the nose_ from the palate gives sufferers an apelike look, ἀλλὰ κἂν
ἐξ ὑπερώας μεσίζῃ ἡ ῥὶς, ὥς φησι, σιμοῦνται ἀθεραπεύτως,—(but if the
nose separates from the palate, they get flat-nosed, as they say,
like monkeys,—incurable.) A special _nasal syringe_, rhynenchytes, is
mentioned by _Caelius Aurelianus_, Chron. bk. I. ch. 4., bk. III. ch.
2. Comp. _Calmasius_, Ad Solin p. 274.

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