The topic of the present work is the complex topical medication that the court surgeon applied to the left arm of the Renaissance noblewoman Mary of Aragon to treat a deep ulcerated luetic gumma. The manuscript, makes several interesting points relevant to the history of medicine: it is the only example of ancient wound care with drug and bandage found in situ and it well represents the initial phases of coexistence between the weakening Galenic medicine authority and the growing power of Spagyric Medicine.
When Galeni Met Paracelsus: A Paleodermatological Case of Luetic Gumma Care.
CIRANNI, ROSALBA;
2009-01-01
Abstract
The topic of the present work is the complex topical medication that the court surgeon applied to the left arm of the Renaissance noblewoman Mary of Aragon to treat a deep ulcerated luetic gumma. The manuscript, makes several interesting points relevant to the history of medicine: it is the only example of ancient wound care with drug and bandage found in situ and it well represents the initial phases of coexistence between the weakening Galenic medicine authority and the growing power of Spagyric Medicine.File in questo prodotto:
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