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200 10$aSaint Anthony's fire from antiquity to the eighteenth century /$fAlessandra Foscati ; translated by Francis Gordon$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2020.
215   $a1 online resource (264 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
225 0 $aPremodern health, disease, and disability ;$v2
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
311 0 $a94-6298-334-8 
327   $tFront matter --$tTable of Contents --$tPreface /$rParavicini Bagliani, Agostino --$tAcknowledgements --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPart I: The Burning Disease : Different Names for the Same Disease or Different Diseases with the Same Name? --$tPart II: St Anthony the Abbot , Thaumaturge of the Burning Disease, and the Order of the Hospital Brothers of St Anthony --$tPart III: The Discovery of Ergotism (Saint Anthony's Fire?) --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tAbout the Author --$tIndex
330   $aAfter the discovery of the ergotism epidemics (poisoning caused by ingesting the fungal toxin of rye) and its etiology, eighteenth-century physicians interpreted medieval chronicles in their medical texts in order to recognize the occurrences of ergotic diseases through retrospective diagnosis. They assumed that St. Anthony's fire and ignis sacer ("sacred fire") recorded in medieval texts represented the same disease, ergotism. This interpretative method, lacking a textual basis in the sources, has been incorrectly followed by historians till now. This book examines this historical prejudice through textual analysis, comparing diverse medieval and early modern sources. A striking semantic complexity emerges that changes the concept of St. Anthony's fire and modifies our understanding of diseases in general. This research illuminates aspects of the history of medicine, society, and hospitals.
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