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245 14 a| The great pox :b| the French disease in Renaissance Europe /c| Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson, and Roger French.;

300 a| xv, 352 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-340) and index.;

520 a| A century and a half after the Black Death killed over a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox - commonly known as the French Disease - brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies for years, causing acute pain, disfigurement and ultimately an agonising death. The authors analyse the symptoms of the Great Pox and the identity of patients, richly documented in the records of the massive hospital of 'incurables' established in early sixteenth-century Rome. They show how the disease threw accepted medical theory and practice into confusion and provoked public disputations among university teachers. And at the most practical level they reveal the plight of its victims at all levels of society, from ecclesiastical lords to the poor who begged in the streets. Examining a range of contexts from princely courts and republics to university faculties, confraternities and hospitals, the authors argue powerfully for a historical understanding of the Great Pox based on contemporary perceptions rather than on a retrospective diagnosis of what later generations came to know as 'syphilis';

541 3| Laupus- a| Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection;

650 12 a| Syphilisx| historyz| Europe.=| ^A921362;

650 12 a| Syphilisx| historyz| Italy.=| ^A921362;

650 22 a| History, 16th Centuryz| Europe.=| ^A941309;

650 22 a| History, 16th Centuryz| Italy.=| ^A941309;

650 2 a| History of Medicine.=| ^A917891;

700 1 a| Henderson, John,d| 1949 June 12-=| ^A262165;

700 1 a| French, R. K.q| (Roger Kenneth)=| ^A556956;

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The great pox : the French disease in Renaissance Europe / Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson, and Roger French.

Author/creator	Arrizabalaga, Jon
Other author	Henderson, John, 1949 June 12-
Other author	French, R. K. (Roger Kenneth)
Format	Book
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997.
Description	xv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Syphilis--Europe. --History. --16th century. Syphilis--history. --Europe. Syphilis--history. --Italy. History, 16th Century--Europe. History, 16th Century--Italy. History of Medicine.

Abstract	A century and a half after the Black Death killed over a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox - commonly known as the French Disease - brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies for years, causing acute pain, disfigurement and ultimately an agonising death. The authors analyse the symptoms of the Great Pox and the identity of patients, richly documented in the records of the massive hospital of 'incurables' established in early sixteenth-century Rome. They show how the disease threw accepted medical theory and practice into confusion and provoked public disputations among university teachers. And at the most practical level they reveal the plight of its victims at all levels of society, from ecclesiastical lords to the poor who begged in the streets. Examining a range of contexts from princely courts and republics to university faculties, confraternities and hospitals, the authors argue powerfully for a historical understanding of the Great Pox based on contemporary perceptions rather than on a retrospective diagnosis of what later generations came to know as 'syphilis'
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-340) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN	96023453
ISBN	0300069340
ISBN	9780300069341

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