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Camillo Di Cicco

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Description:In 1025 the Persian physician Abu Ali al- Hussein, known as Avicenna (980-1037), in his book "Qanun fit-Tibb at", translated into Latin by Gerardo da Cremona as "Liber canonis medicinae ", suggests the use of mercury in syphilis.Then, this therapy came in Europe and beyond for use in the form of an ointment / poultice, the mercury was widely used in fumigation.The patient was placed in a dark room and heated, was covered with ointment of mercury and placed in a barrel, clear head and feet placed into a brazier that burnedresins, gums, cinapro.In the days after, it was obvious to note stomatitis and intense salivation, which was understood as eliminating of the disease by the patient, but that it was determined solely by the mercury intoxication.The mercury was causing so many deaths from poisoning and, being a poison, also determined,numerous side effects and an improvement of the disease.Therefore, appealed the sentence at this time"A night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury".In Rome, towards the end of the '400, clandestines excluding, were available approximately 6800 prostitutes.In Venice the prostitutes were forced to walk with a yellow handkerchief around the neck like sign of acknowledgment. It was the sexual abstinence that the Church adopted as a remedy in order to avoidsuch disease and Pope Paul IV, around to the half of the '500, decreed with an edict an evicting from Rome and all the Papal State of the prostitutes.The popular rebellion forced the Church to find a center to pratice prostitution across Tevere: today Trastevere. In the " De preservatione a carie gallica" of 1555, Gabriele Falloppia devised one individual protection against syphilis consisting in one patch of linen to shape of bag "ad mensuram glandis" soaked with mercury: it was the forerunner of the modern condom.That nevertheless the disease continued to claim victims in all social ranks, including clergy and nobility. Illustrious sick they were Pope Alessandro VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Carlo VIII King of France, Albrecht Durer, Enrico VIII King of England, the Queen Caterina d'Aragona wife of Enrico VIII, Francesco I King of France and Pope Giulio II.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with HISTORY OF SYPHILIS: a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury. To get started finding HISTORY OF SYPHILIS: a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1025 the Persian physician Abu Ali al- Hussein, known as Avicenna (980-1037), in his book "Qanun fit-Tibb at", translated into Latin by Gerardo da Cremona as "Liber canonis medicinae ", suggests the use of mercury in syphilis.Then, this therapy came in Europe and beyond for use in the form of an ointment / poultice, the mercury was widely used in fumigation.The patient was placed in a dark room and heated, was covered with ointment of mercury and placed in a barrel, clear head and feet placed into a brazier that burnedresins, gums, cinapro.In the days after, it was obvious to note stomatitis and intense salivation, which was understood as eliminating of the disease by the patient, but that it was determined solely by the mercury intoxication.The mercury was causing so many deaths from poisoning and, being a poison, also determined,numerous side effects and an improvement of the disease.Therefore, appealed the sentence at this time"A night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury".In Rome, towards the end of the '400, clandestines excluding, were available approximately 6800 prostitutes.In Venice the prostitutes were forced to walk with a yellow handkerchief around the neck like sign of acknowledgment. It was the sexual abstinence that the Church adopted as a remedy in order to avoidsuch disease and Pope Paul IV, around to the half of the '500, decreed with an edict an evicting from Rome and all the Papal State of the prostitutes.The popular rebellion forced the Church to find a center to pratice prostitution across Tevere: today Trastevere. In the " De preservatione a carie gallica" of 1555, Gabriele Falloppia devised one individual protection against syphilis consisting in one patch of linen to shape of bag "ad mensuram glandis" soaked with mercury: it was the forerunner of the modern condom.That nevertheless the disease continued to claim victims in all social ranks, including clergy and nobility. Illustrious sick they were Pope Alessandro VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Carlo VIII King of France, Albrecht Durer, Enrico VIII King of England, the Queen Caterina d'Aragona wife of Enrico VIII, Francesco I King of France and Pope Giulio II.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with HISTORY OF SYPHILIS: a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury. To get started finding HISTORY OF SYPHILIS: a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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