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De malo recentiorum medicorum medendi usu libellus.

CARDANO, Girolamo [Gerolamo; Hieronymus Cardanus] (1501 – 1576) Wikipedia

Venice: apud O. Scotum, 1536.

Includes (cap. XXXVI) an early account of typhus, morbus pulicaris. English translation in Major, Classic descriptions of disease, 3rd ed., Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1945, p. 163.

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Plagues & Epidemics

Subjects

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Lice-Borne Diseases INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Lice-Borne Diseases › Typhus

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Entry Number	#5370
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/7006
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	de-malo-recentiorum-medicorum-medendi-usu-libellus

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice

Mentioned in annotation: Springfield, IL