in Medicine, a bilious pustule, which breaking out in different manners upon the skin, accordingly receives different denominations. See MEDICINE Index.

HERRERA TORDESILLAS, Anthony, a Spanish historian, the son of Roderic de Tordesillas and Agnes de Herrera, it being the custom of that country to bear the mother's name, was born in 1565. He was secretary to Vespasian de Gonzaga, viceroy of Navarre and Valencia, and afterwards appointed royal historiographer for the Indies by Philip II. to which a liberal pension was attached. While he held this office, he wrote his general history of the Indies in 4 vols folio, comprehending the whole of the Spanish transactions there, from 1492 to 1554. The celebrated Scottish historian Dr Robertson, says of it, that it "furnishes the fullest and most accurate information concerning the conquest of Mexico, as well as every other transaction of America. The industry and attention with which he consulted not only the books, but the original and public records, were so great, and he usually judges of the evidence before him with so much impartiality and candour, that his decades may be ranked among the most judicious and useful historical collections." Herrera likewise composed a general history of his own time, from 1554 to 1598, which is not so much admired. His death, which happened in 1625, prevented him from enjoying the office of secretary of state, which Philip IV. designed for him on the very first vacancy.