The Atlas of Disease by Sandra Hempel

Author:Sandra Hempel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Lion 1
Published: 2018-02-19T16:00:00+00:00

Illustration of a woman with malaria, from a German publication on diseases, 1929.

In 1740, the English politician Horace Walpole wrote to a friend to explain why he had left Rome: ‘A horrid thing called mal’aria comes to Rome every summer and kills one.’

Centuries ago the links between the infection, marshy ground and a warm, damp climate were recognised. As with many epidemic diseases, though, the problem was thought to lie with foul smells – in this case the atmosphere of the swamps – hence the name ‘mala aria’, the Italian for ‘bad air’. It was also known as swamp fever, ague and Roman fever, the latter because, as Walpole noted, that city had a history of being plagued by the disease.

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