Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications

The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medi­cal purposes. The paper explores the connections and relationships between these texts, primarily in terms of the instructions conveyed regarding the use of specific snake and viper products and the effects of their use on human health, including the many diseases known since antiquity that plagued Nicholas’ contemporaries..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Clotho - 5(2024), 2

Sprache:

Englisch ; Slowenisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B
Dominicans
Medicine
Nicholas of Poland
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Pliny the Elder
Silesia
Snakes

doi:

10.4312/clotho.5.2.33-54

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ097310816