St. Anthony Hospital Fire
Title | St. Anthony Hospital Fire PDF eBook |
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Release | 2015 |
Genre | Effingham (Ill.) |
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Collection of newspaper clippings, personal stories and photographs of the fire at St. Anthony Hospital in Effingham, Illinois on April, 5, 1949.
70th Anniversary Commemoration, St. Anthony's Hospital Fire of 1949
Title | 70th Anniversary Commemoration, St. Anthony's Hospital Fire of 1949 PDF eBook |
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Pages | 18 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Disasters |
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Commemorative program guide for programs concerning the fire at St. Anthony's Hospirtal in Effigham, Illinois in 1949, sponsored by various organizations.
Terror to Triumph
Title | Terror to Triumph PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Riley-Gordon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Effingham (Ill.) |
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Report of the Illinois State Fire Marshal on the St. Anthony's Hospital Fire at Effingham, Illinois, April 4, 1949
Title | Report of the Illinois State Fire Marshal on the St. Anthony's Hospital Fire at Effingham, Illinois, April 4, 1949 PDF eBook |
Author | Illinois. Division of Fire Prevention |
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Pages | 34 |
Release | 1949 |
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Saint Anthony's Fire from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
Title | Saint Anthony's Fire from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandra Foscati |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | MEDICAL |
ISBN | 9789462983342 |
After the discovery of the ergotism epidemics (poisoning caused by ingesting the fungal toxin of rye) and its etiology, eighteenth-century physicians interpreted medieval chronicles in their medical texts in order to recognize the occurrences of ergotic diseases through retrospective diagnosis. They assumed that St. Anthony's fire and ignis sacer ("sacred fire") recorded in medieval texts represented the same disease, ergotism. This interpretative method, lacking a textual basis in the sources, has been incorrectly followed by historians till now. This book examines this historical prejudice through textual analysis, comparing diverse medieval and early modern sources. A striking semantic complexity emerges that changes the concept of St. Anthony's fire and modifies our understanding of diseases in general. This research illuminates aspects of the history of medicine, society, and hospitals.
Saint Anthony's Fire from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
Title | Saint Anthony's Fire from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandra Foscati |
Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2019-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9048533317 |
After the discovery of the ergotism epidemics (poisoning caused by ingesting the fungal toxin of rye) and its etiology, eighteenth-century physicians interpreted medieval chronicles in their medical texts in order to recognize the occurrences of ergotic diseases through retrospective diagnosis. They assumed that St. Anthony's fire and ignis sacer ("sacred fire") recorded in medieval texts represented the same disease, ergotism. This interpretative method, lacking a textual basis in the sources, has been incorrectly followed by historians till now. This book examines this historical prejudice through textual analysis, comparing diverse medieval and early modern sources. A striking semantic complexity emerges that changes the concept of St. Anthony's fire and modifies our understanding of diseases in general. This research illuminates aspects of the history of medicine, society, and hospitals.
The Day of St Anthony's Fire
Title | The Day of St Anthony's Fire PDF eBook |
Author | John Grant Fuller |
Publisher | Hutchinson Radius |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Medical |
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