Holy fire (animal disease)

Holy fire (syn. Ignis sacer , Erysipelas malignum , "backburn") is an old name for a febrile disease of sheep with red-runny , easily igniting inflammation of the skin. It is also a disease of horses with inflammatory swelling that quickly becomes burned, on the back or other parts. Presumably, this term, which was already used in antiquity, is anthrax . In humans, Ignis sacer referred to ergotism , occasionally herpes zoster and other epidemic diseases associated with reddening of the skin.

literature

Holy fire 3). In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 8 . Altenburg 1859, p. 171 ( zeno.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Angela von den Driesch : History of veterinary medicine . Munich: Callwey-Verlag, p. 160.
^ Albrecht Scholz: Herpes zoster. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 579.
↑ Georg Sticker : Hippokrates: The common diseases first and third book (around the year 434-430 BC). Translated from the Greek, introduced and explained by Georg Sticker. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1923 (= Classics of Medicine. Volume 29); Unchanged reprint: Central antiquariat of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig 1968, p. 124 (including on "Rotlaufseuche").

[Driesch-1] Angela von den Driesch : History of veterinary medicine . Munich: Callwey-Verlag, p. 160.

[2] Albrecht Scholz: Herpes zoster. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 579.

[3] Georg Sticker : Hippokrates: The common diseases first and third book (around the year 434-430 BC). Translated from the Greek, introduced and explained by Georg Sticker. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1923 (= Classics of Medicine. Volume 29); Unchanged reprint: Central antiquariat of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig 1968, p. 124 (including on "Rotlaufseuche").