An historical investigation into the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe : with remarks on its particular nature : to which are added, observations on the non-necessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, by the vessels arriving from the Mediterranean at British, French, and other ports / by M. Sanchez ; translated from the French by Joseph Skinner.

  • Sanches, António Nunes Ribeiro, 1699-1783.
Date:
1790
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Credit: An historical investigation into the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe : with remarks on its particular nature : to which are added, observations on the non-necessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, by the vessels arriving from the Mediterranean at British, French, and other ports / by M. Sanchez ; translated from the French by Joseph Skinner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of March, it follows, according to the pre- fen t method of reckoning, that the fixth of March 1496, the date of the edidf of the Paris Parliament, correfponds with the fixth of March 1497. All this is very well; but he finifhes by thefe words: <£ Atque adeo datum efle odtodecim, imb viginti menfibus poll: primum luis venereae ingreffum, unde in decreto illo jure maxima dici potuit, luem jam ab annis duobus graffari, cum nihil ufu vulgatius fit, quam annum affectum pro confecto numerari.” JTis a pity that this writer's caufe is in- fupportable : he has certainly an admirable; knack at defending what he advances. Si Pergama dextra Defendi poflent, etiam hac defenfa fuiflent. We {hall now fee to what this vaft difplay of erudition may be reduced. According to our method of reckoning, the fixth of March 149b, anfvvers to the fame day of the fol- lowing year. It fell out on a Monday. It follows, that the exiftence of the venereal difeafe having been two years anterior to the edidt