Negotiating the French Pox in Early Modern Germany (review)

The disease could be spread through contact with a sick person's "[s]weat, saliva, semen or urine" (p. 43). [...] a person might contract the pox by handling money or eating food that had been touched by an infected individual.

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Published in:Bulletin of the history of medicine 2011, Vol.85 (1), p.139-140
Main Author: Crowther, Kathleen M
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Bombast von Hohenheim, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus (Paracelsus) (1493-1541)
Disease
French language
History of medicine
Hospitals
Negotiation
Protestant Reformation
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Summary:The disease could be spread through contact with a sick person's "[s]weat, saliva, semen or urine" (p. 43). [...] a person might contract the pox by handling money or eating food that had been touched by an infected individual.
ISSN:0007-5140
1086-3176
1086-3176
1896-3176
DOI:10.1353/bhm.2011.0022