Malaria : a neglected factor in the history of Greece and Rome / by W.H.S. Jones ; with an introduction by Sir R. Ross ; a concluding chapter by G.G. Ellett.

  • W. H. S. Jones
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[1907]
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Credit: Malaria : a neglected factor in the history of Greece and Rome / by W.H.S. Jones ; with an introduction by Sir R. Ross ; a concluding chapter by G.G. Ellett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The references in the Hippocratic writings to tertians are very numerous, and nothing would be gained by quoting them in full. The same applies to quartans. Special mention, however, may be made of a passage in the first book of the Epidemics, where, among other interesting remarks, it is stated that the quar- tan is the longest but least severe type of intermittents, while the semi-tertian is the most deadly.1 From other medical writers are quoted below two passages of Oribasius, dealing with tertians and quartans respectively.2 For 1 Kuhn, hi. 408, 409. 2 Oribasius, vi. 9 (ed. Bussemaker and Daremberg, v. 281): 6 pbv TpiTaios irvpeTos bKyovos VTr&pxuv ttjs ^avdijs XoX^s Kivovpevrjs ebdbs Kara apxds piyos ovk ayevvbs eiricpbpei 8ia<pepov tov TeTapraiKov pLyov$ t<2 KevTeiadai SoKeiv Kai TiTp&GKeadai tov xP&Ta' *v ^ toIs rerapraLoLS rj ela^oXi) Kardif/vi-iv e'xei 0<po8pdv' tu>v Sb apcprjpepivCbv obSb TrporjyeiTCU piyos, aXXa irepix^vxovTai pbvov. baTi 8b iv Tois TpiTalois Kai rdjjis aKpi/3r)S tQ}v aipvyp&v. eiricpbpei 8b Kai Slxpos Kara ras aKpds a(f>o5pov 6 TpiTaios Kai diaKaiei tov dvdpojvov, Kai piKpbv iiGTtpov irapaKpd^ei Kai to Qeppbv opaXQs eKT^rarai iravrrj' el 8b im^dWoLS tt)v %etpa, /card pbv tt)v irpibTrjv ixi^oXr]v diravra deppaaia 7roXXr) Kai Spipeia, Kai olov pera arpov tivos ava(pepopbvrj, viKarai 8b oXLyov iiaTepov viro rijs xeLP°$ biripevobarjs. itiovtos 8 b tov KapvovTOS avriKa Si) paXa TrXrjdos Uveiaiv arpov deppov Sia tov SbppaTos ayybXXov ISp&Tas' bpeTos 8b eiricpalveTai x0^5* $ yaarijp irov KaTbpprj^e, Kai ovpovai x°^Sr). biri toijtois els dirvpe^lav irabeTai tov adpiravra xpbvov tov irapo^vapov uptiv ov ttXeibvwv 8voKaL8eKa iroii)adpevos. Tbv pbv oftv bvTos tCov 8eKa8do upCov iravbpevov aKpi(3ij TpiTaiov <bvopd- erapev’ os tls 8b 'dv bxv iroXvxpoviwTepov toijtov tov irapo^vapbv, eKeivov drrXQs TpiTaiov dvopdaopev' bans 8b dv eiri irXeiarov pbv eKTeaapbvov Tbv irapo^vapbv, oXiyov 8b to SidXeippa, tovtov ad iraXiv dvopdaopev e’/crera- pbvov Tpiraiov. Ibid. VI. 12 (B. and D. V. 285) : 6 rerapratos ttjv elafioXrjv voieiTai perd iroXXijs KaTaipv^eus, dre 4k \j/vxpov xvP-°Vi TVS peXalvrjs x°^-Vs> tt)v yiveaiv bx^v, aXXa Kai t8 deppbv Kai SiaKabs ovk bxeL T°v irvpeTOv KaOairep 6 TpiTaios. aXXa ovSb x°^Vs bperos irapaKoXovdei. eiri Todrois el XevKci Kai XeirTd Kai v8anl)8r) tcl o8pa Tvyxdvoi, TCTapTaios dv eti) 6 irvpeTbs. e^alperov Sb dv eh) TerapTaiov yvApiapa pbyas Kai apaibs a<f>vyp6s.