Title:

Baroque sources of medical knowledge and trust towards physicians in the light of writing on the plague from the first part of the 17th century

Subtitle:

Analecta: Studies and Materials for the History of Science

Creator:

Kuran, Michał

Institutional creator:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2020

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Location:

Biblioteka Instytutu Historii Nauki PAN

Subject and Keywords:

medicine in 17th-century Poland ; authority ; compilation ; imitation ; religion and medicine ; Martin from Kleck ; Knut Mikaelsson ; Sebastian Śleszkowski ; Sebastian Petrycy ; Walenty Bartoszewski

Abstract:

The article presents the mechanism of imitation and compilation used in the creation of Polish medical texts about the plague on the example of texts “O ziołach i mocy ich” by Stefan Falimirz, “Preserwatywa przeciwko morowemu powietrzu doświadczona” by Martinus Clecensis, “Bezoar z łez ludzkich” by Walenty Bartoszewski, and many others. Old Polish medical texts, regardless of their scientific or popular character, were created in order to popularise medical knowledge and convince the reader of the effectiveness of the proposed cure. Analysed texts showed the strong connection of medicine, astrology and religion, as well as the conviction about a direct link between the medicine of the soul and the body. As such, they were often used to reinforce the religious vision of the world.

Relation:

Analecta : studia i materiały z dziejów nauki polskiej

Volume:

29 (2020)

Issue:

2

Start page:

61

End page:

81

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

1230-1159

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

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Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open