In 1025 the Persian physician Abu Ali al- Hussein, known as Avicenna (980-1037), in his book "Qanun fit-Tibb at," translated into Latin by Gerardo da Cremona as "Liber canonis medicinae," suggests the use of mercury in syphilis. Then, this therapy came in Europe and beyond for use in the form of an ointment / poultice, the mercury was widely used in fumigation. Therefore, appealed the sentence at this time "A night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury." In Rome, towards the end of the '400, clandestines excluding, were available approximately 6800 prostitutes. In Venice the prostitutes were...

CRISI ECONOMICA E FALLIMENTO DELLE BANCHE NEL MEDIOEVO. Agli inizi dell'anno 1330, dal punto di vista climatico, si ebbe cio che fu definita una "piccola glaciazione." Cominciarono annualita consecutive di grandi piogge, accompagnate dal freddo, umidita ed aumento dei ghiacciai. Il freddo impediva la maturazione e la raccolta del grano, l'umidita impediva la formazione del sale, indispensabile nel medioevo per conservare la carne, scarsa la produzione di cereali. Inevitabilmente fu crisi dell'agricoltura e, con la crisi dei raccolti, intere piantagioni venivano abbandonate e immensi poderi...

EBOLA - CLINICAL SYMPTOMS: Ebola was discovered in 1976 in Zaire and Sudan. The virus called Ebola takes its name from the Ebola River, which flows into Zaire, where the virus was isolated for the first time. There are 4 variants of the virus whose differences are due to the type of host they infect: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Tai, that cause disease in humans and primates, and Ebola Reston, which causes the disease only in primates. During the past 30 years have been recorded periodic epidemics of Ebola in central Africa particularly in Gabon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo,...