Dissertatio medica, de febribus biliosis putridis / [Thomas Ruston].

  • Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804
Date:
1765
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Credit: Dissertatio medica, de febribus biliosis putridis / [Thomas Ruston]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dicinae hiftorias diligenter ic nitemur, gravidi - mas et maxime peftilentiales febris putridae fpe- cies, ab aere calido et licco, profectas efte repeui- emus* Aristoteles enim docuit, “ A ultros fic- cos et nihil humentes, febres peftilentiales face- * 5» re A ilcca conftitutione peftem fieri,” fcn- bit Avenzoar. Rases, “ Aeftate et autumno ve¬ hementer calidis et aridis exiftentibus, peftem ma xime dominari,” ait. Titus Livius narrat, “ Ro¬ mae magnam peftem fa&am fuifte, propter in¬ gentem ficcitatem f ” ; qualem peftem etiam de¬ fer ibit Nicephorus J. Virgimus, in Creta ob corruptum decitate et calore coeli tracftum, pe¬ ftem contigiffe refertj}. Et Diemerbroeckius di¬ cit, ct Peftem Noviomaginenfem, aeftate vehemen¬ ter calida et ficca, excitatam fuiife**”. Idem quo¬ que obferyantiflimus Pringelius confirmat, cc Eas tempeftates gravifiimos morbos afferre,” dicens. # Prob. r. \ •f- Decad. 4.I. 3. J Lib. xv. c. 10. jj---Subito cum tabida membris, Corrupto coeli tra&u, miferandaque venit •» Arboribufque fatifque lue», et lethifer annus. Linquebant dulcis animas, aut aegra trahebant Corpora, tum fterilis exurere Sirius agros. Ardebant herbae, et viftum feges aegra negabat, Aenid. 1. i i i. ver. 147. ** De pelle, lib. i. c. 3. E
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