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On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague by Girolamo Mercuriale

On Pestilence: A Renaissance Treatise on Plague

Girolamo Mercuriale with Craig Martin (Translator)

184 pages first pub 2021 (view editions)

nonfiction health history informative reflective medium-paced
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In the spring of 1576, the Health Office of Venice, fearful of a growing outbreak of plague, imposed a quarantine upon the city. The move was controversial, with some in power questioning the precise nature of the disease and concerned about the e...

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