[162] Compare Marx, Origines contagii. Caroliruh. et Bad. 1824. 8.
[163] Cael. Aurelian. Chron. L. IV. c. l. p. 497. Ed. Amman. “Sed hi ægrotantem destituendum magis imperant, quam curandum, quod a se alienum humanitas approbat medicinæ.”
[164] Geschichte der Heilkunde, Vol. II. p. 248.
[165] Chalin assures us expressly, that many nunneries, by closing their gates, remained free from the contagion. It is worthy of note, and quite in conformity with the prevailing notions, that the continuance in a thick, moist atmosphere, was generally esteemed more advantageous and conservative, on account of its being more impenetrable to the astral influence, inasmuch as the inferior cause kept off the superior.—Chalin, p. 48.
[166] This was called Affluxus, or Forma specifica, and was compared to the effect of a magnet on iron, and of amber on chaff.—Chalin de Vinario, p. 23.
[167] Causa universalis agens—causa particularis patiens. To this correspond, in Chalin, the expressions Causa superior et inferior.
[168] Purging with alöetic pills; bleeding; purification of the air by means of large fires; the use of treacle; frequent smelling to volatile substances, of which certain “poma,” were prepared; the internal use of Armenian bole,—a plague-remedy derived from the Arabians, and, throughout the middle ages, much in vogue, and very improperly used; and the employment of acescent food, in order to resist putridity. Guy de Chauliac appears to have recommended flight to many. Loc. citat. p. 115. Compare Chalin, L. II. who gives most excellent precepts on this subject.
[169] Auger. de Biterris. Loc. cit.
[170] L. I. c. 4. p. 39.
[171] Fol. 32. a. a. O.