[71] Besides those already named, the writings of Omodei and Pfeufer. Compare Schnurrer, Book II. p. 27.
[72] It was called Puncticula or Peticulæ, also Febris stigmatica, Pestis petechiosa. Reusner, p. 11. For later synonimes, see Burserius, Vol. II. p. 293.
[73] Consimilem ergo infectionem in aëre primum fuisse censendum est, quæ mox in nos ingesta tale febrium genus attulerit, quæ tametsi pestilentes veræ non sunt, in limine tamen earum videntur esse. Analogia vero ejus contagionis ad sanguinem præcipue esse constat, quod et maculæ illæ, quæ expelli consuevere, demonstrant, etc. p. 161.
[74] Compare the whole of the sixth and seventh chapters of Fracastor. loc. cit. What was the general judgment of the Italian physicians respecting the spotted fever, may be gathered from Nic. Massa, whose confused work, however, contributes nothing to the history of the disease. Cap. IV. fol. 67, seq. Compare Schenck von Grafenberg’s excellent and very copious treatise, de febre stigmatica. L. VI. p. 553, Tom. II.
[75] Osorio, fol. 113. b., 114. a.
[76] See further on.
[77] Villalba, p. 78, et seq.
[78] Spangenberg, M. Chr. fol. 402. a. Angelus, p. 261. Pingré, T. I. p. 479.
[79] Compare Webster, who has collected together whatever could be found on this subject. Vol. II. p. 82.
[80] Spangenberg, M. Chr. fol. 402. a.