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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    Peloponnesian War. Very probably cases returned to Athens among the troops. (7) The following quotations are of some importance : (a) Oribasius, 7rcpl aTroa-ky] ppaTivv (ed. Bussemaker and Daremberg), vol. iv. 85 : airacrfibs Se dpa koli rj eTriXr)\f/Lam ravtyjs ovv rerapratos TrvpeTos tapa ecttlv, wcrre r/v re vcrrepov e7riyevr]Tai, Xverai ff €7riXrjxf/ia, rjv re 7rpocrdev, ovk av eVt tovto) tw dv0p(x)7r<i) ykvoLTO. “ Epilepsy also is a convulsion. A quartan, then, cures epilepsy, so that if the quartan comes after the epilepsy, the epilepsy comes to an end, while epilepsy never super- venes upon a quartan.” Ibid. 87 : on ye prjv kcu rrvpeTols, ra aXXa ovk domcf>aXeomivf einyevopevos (sc. 6 rerapratos) e^eoxrev, 7ras tls oTSev. “Everybody knows that a quartan, supervening upon fevers which are otherwise dangerous (?), drives them out.” Ibid. 88 : paXiara pev ovv els dpcfiYjpepLvbv tovto TpeireTat ... els rpiTdiov 8e ov pdXa TpeireTai. “Now a quartan frequently turns into a quotidian ; rarely into a tertian.” The last quotation is interesting in relation to the question of “ mixed ” and “ double ” infections. A quartan might easily become a quotidian; but it could rarely become a tertian. (b) Aristophanes, Wasps, 812 : tout5 av 8e£tov’ kolv yap TrvpeTTO), tov ye purdov Xrj\f>opai. “ That too is clever, for even if I have a fever, I shall at least get my pay.”