Title:

Medical diagnosis or rhetoric? Ancient and Old Polish satiric poems on the subject of mental and physical health

Subtitle:

Analecta: Studies and Materials for the History of Science

Creator:

Szczot, Monika

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:

ancient satire ; Old Polish satire ; medical diagnosis ; illness ; rhetoric ; persuasion ; remedy

Abstract:

The article is concerned with the analysis of Ancient Roman and Old Polish satirical poems employing the medical discourse, used by the authors for artistic, rhetorical, utilitarian and ethical effects. Broadly understood medical issues are a pretext for the satirical texts, diagnosing the physical and mental state of the society. The authors style themselves as poets as well as physicians, diagnosing all the sins and transgressions of their contemporaries. They comment on all types of diseases: physical, mental and social.

Relation:

Analecta : studia i materiały z dziejów nauki polskiej

Volume:

29 (2020)

Issue:

2

Start page:

185

End page:

199

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Journal

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

1509-0957

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open