Pratovecchio 162
contrast with Florence 117
pregnancy 73, 125–6
cult of Fever 50–2
Priam 21
effects of malaria on the elderly 130
Prilius lacus 69
effects of malaria on pilgrims 157–9
primigravidae 67, 125–6
effects of malaria on women 125
Priscianus, Theodorus 52
fish 69
Privernum 170, 189
floods 109
Index
339
gastro-intestinal diseases 129
Sardinia 22, 35, 38, 44, 90–3, 95, 100,
Horace Walpole in 9
118, 127, 143–4, 146, 162, 164–5,
interaction of malaria and smallpox
179, 200, 209, 223
124
Scansano 280
interaction of malaria and
Scaravazza, river 182
respiratory diseases 137–9
schizogony 11, 125
main discussion of malaria in
Scotland 22, 152, 156
201–32
seasonality 61, 63, 82, 165
Marchiafava’s and Celsus’
Selinus 38
descriptions of malaria 16–17
semitertian fever 14–15, 18–20, 54,
migration to 275–7
137, 209, 221–4, 258
multiple simultaneous infections
see also Plasmodium falciparum
37–8
Seneca the Younger 50
plague 273–4
Septimius Severus, emperor 156
population 247, 270–81
Serenus, Quintus 133–4, 224
rickets 141
Sermoneta 58, 119–20, 175, 187, 219
rivalry of doctors 135
Servius, commentator on Virgil 177,
Sardinia exports grain to 92
192
seasonality of malaria 62
Setia (Sezze) 4, 55–7, 186, 188–9,
sewers 77
247–50, 253–4
tall buildings 96–7
Settefinestre 145, 253
timber requirements 108
Sezze, see Setia
Trevi water and mosquitoes 46
Sicily 36–9, 44, 52, 73, 92, 105, 143,
typhomalarial fever 128
200, 252
winds 74
sickle-cell anaemia 30, 39, 90
see also entries for individual hills and
Sidonius Apollinaris 64, 79
districts
Siena 33, 280
Romulus 50, 201
Sila Forest 109
Roselle 40, 108, 111
Silius Italicus 87, 189
Ross, Ronald 49–50
Sipontum 265
Rovigo 83
Sirius, the Dog-Star 21, 62
Rufus of Ephesus 97
Sixtus V, pope 75, 204
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus 197–8,
slavery 39, 61, 90, 145, 148, 157, 187,
250
196, 205, 231, 245, 247–58, 271
smallpox 10, 124, 276, 284
Sabato, river 262
Smyrna 140
Sabaudia 5
Soranus 141
Salerno 35, 158
Sorgoni, Angelo 66
salinity 78, 86–7, 89, 239
Spain 44, 85, 196, 242, 266, 276
salmonella 127
Sparta 179
Salpi 115, 214, 264–7
Spartacus 252
Salso Lago, 264
Spina 85
Sambon, Louis 69, 74, 91, 96, 280
splenomegaly 16–17, 119
Samos 52
Spoleto 64, 190, 278
San Giovanni Hospital, Rome 16
sporogony 29, 62, 102, 151
Sangallo, Pietro Paolo da 46
sporozoites 33–4, 329
Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome 16, 148,
Stabiae 278
202, 215
Stia 162
340
Index
Strabo 41, 69–71, 79, 81, 85, 92, 95,
Torti, Francesco 128, 220
107–9, 179, 182, 188–9, 248–9,
Tournon, M. le Comte De 4, 180,
265
182, 209, 280
Strozzi, Alessandra Macinghi 153
trachoma 50, 141
Suessa Pometia 177
Trajan, emperor 71, 110, 182
Suetonius 3
transhumance 63, 238–40
Sulla 188
Trastevere 128, 213, 216
sweating sickness 208–9
Treia, river 113
Sybaris 13, 282
Treppio 3, 60, 118, 122, 161, 269, 271
Sydenham, Thomas 15, 19, 133, 152–3
Trevi, Fontana di 46
Sylvester I, pope 231–4
Trinitapoli 267
syphilis 11, 105, 122–4
trypanosomiasis 27
Syracuse 36–8
tuberculosis 2, 10, 50, 57, 117, 121,
Syria 22, 32, 254
135–9, 166, 284
Tungri 157
Tacitus 32, 71, 93, 96, 109–10, 225–6
Tuscania 103
Taranto 94
Tuscany 21, 33, 36, 39, 57, 60, 64, 69,
Tarquinia 33, 63, 192
70, 76, 89, 98, 103, 108–9, 113,
Tarquinius Priscus 77
136, 144, 150, 167, 180, 188–9,
Tarquinius Superbus 178
192–200, 234, 236, 246–8, 252–3,
Tavoliere 105, 255, 267
255, 257, 260, 262, 276, 278, 284
Terence 192
Tusculum 189, 245, 259
Terracina 108, 173, 177–8, 183–4, 189,
typhoid fever 9–10, 11, 121, 127–8, 133
238
typhomalarial fever 128, 216
tertian fever 9, 11, 14–16, 18–19, 37,
typhus 10, 117–18, 133
52–4, 62, 75, 121, 124, 130, 133,
149, 152–3, 156–7, 220–3
Ufente, river, 182, 190
see also Plasmodium vivax
Umbria 64–8, 102, 105, 109, 145, 150,
Testaccio, Monte 206, 208, 213
197, 205, 230, 269, 278
thalassaemia 22, 32–3, 39, 82–3, 105,
Urban VIII, pope 202
127, 143–5
Theoderic 81, 190
Valchetta, river 113
Theophrastus 48, 62, 73, 105–6, 172,
Val di Chiana 43, 98–100, 183, 260
182
Valencia 154
Thucydides 36, 249
Valerius Maximus 50
Tiber, river 57, 67–8, 72, 74, 85–7,
Vallerano 140, 148
108–10, 122–3, 190, 192, 196–7,
Vanuatu 155–6
202, 204, 206, 209, 211, 214,
Varro, M. Terentius 55, 57, 60–1, 76,
216–17, 226, 228–30, 235, 257,
95, 97–8, 160, 255–6, 267, 278
259, 281
Vatican 51, 202, 206, 216, 226
Tibullus, Albius 21, 57, 113
Vegetius 279
Tifernum Tiberinum 105, 109, 197,
Veii (Isola Sacra) 40, 77–8, 103, 112,
205, 228, 269–71, 277–8, 282
201, 246
Tiro 219
Velabrum 214
Tivoli 87, 130
Velinus, Lake 76
Tommasi-Crudeli, Corradi 70, 97,
Velletri 77, 177–8
235–6, 280, 282
Venegas, Alonso Messias 202
Torelli, Luigi 236–7
Vespasian, emperor 3
Index
341
Vesuvius, Mt. 2, 57
Wagner-Jauregg, Julius 12
Vetulonia 40, 111
Walpole, Horace 9
Viareggio 43, 100
water-buffaloes 174, 240
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Vibius Sequester 173
William of Malmesbury 227, 267
Villa Borghese 208, 213
winds 57,62, 73–4, 92, 98, 122–3, 138,
villas 55, 57, 63, 67, 69, 77, 87, 95, 111,
216, 228, 262–3, 270
145, 197, 205, 208, 212–13, 228–9,
wine 134, 147, 149, 241, 247–9, 254
243, 245, 253–60, 269
Wollaston 101
vines 101, 103, 243–4, 247–8, 259, 267
women 16, 38, 55, 67–8, 73, 124–7,
Virgil 20, 72, 177, 190, 257
132, 134
vitamins 141–2, 149
wormwood, see Artemisia
Vitellius, emperor 225–6
viticulture, see vines
Xenophon 279
Vitruvius 57, 61, 79, 87, 185, 188, 265,
270, 278
Volsci 41–2, 178–80, 183, 185
yellow fever 10
Volterra 180
Volturno, river 33
Zacharias, pope 260
Vulci 197, 199
Zonaras 92
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