Pezzana M
U.S.S.L. n.76, Ospedale S. Spirito, Casale Monferrato.
Minerva Med. 1989 Dec;80(12):1335-43.
Plaque mortality in the Monferrato area, especially in the first half of the 16th century, is discussed. The scourge struck a population that was prey to marauding soldiers from all the armies that looked at the Monferrato area as easy plunder. Promiscuity and the poor living conditions of the time did not permit effective defence against epidemic infections and the misery in which the population lived made contagion easy. One interesting element is the resort to fire to destroy everything infected or suspected to be so as the only possibility of defence as rules of hygiene were totally lacking.
本文讨论了蒙费拉托地区的鼠疫死亡率，尤其是在16世纪上半叶。这场灾难袭击了当地居民，他们成为了所有觊觎蒙费拉托地区、视其为轻易可得掠夺目标的军队中劫掠士兵的受害者。当时的混乱和恶劣生活条件使得人们无法有效抵御传染病，而居民们生活的困苦也使得疾病易于传播。一个有趣的现象是，由于完全缺乏卫生规则，人们只能诉诸于火来烧毁所有被感染或疑似被感染的东西，以此作为唯一的防御手段。
