This book presents a uniquely broad and pioneering history of premodern toxicology by exploring how late medieval and early modern (c. 1200-1600) physicians discussed the relationship between poison, medicine, and disease. Drawing from a wide range of medical and natural philosophical texts-with an emphasis on treatises that focused on poison, p
This book presents a uniquely broad and pioneering history of premodern toxicology by exploring how late medieval and early modern (c. 1200-1600) physicians discussed the relationship between poison, medicine, and disease. Drawing from a wide range of medical and natural philosophical texts-with an emphasis on treatises that focused on poison, p
Frederick W. Gibbs is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of New Mexico, USA.
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Classical Authorities and Traditions The ambiguity of pharmaka and venena. Prevention, symptoms, and remedies. Medical pharmacotherapy and theories of poison. Compilation, synthesis, and specific form. Conclusion 2. Poison and Venom in the Latin West before 1300 Poisons and venoms in translation. Encyclopedic poisons. Qualities, quantities, and forms. Regulating poisonous drugs. Conclusion. 3. Towards a New Toxicology Food, medicine, and poison. A new kind of poison text. New "problems" of poison. Patronage, poison, and medical learning. Conclusion. 4. Plague, Poison, and Metaphor Putrefied and poisoned air. Plague as poison in the body. Spreadable and contagious poison. Conclusion. 5. Poisonous Properties, Bodies, and Forms Occult definitions and forms. Poisonous properties. Poisonous bodies. Poisoning, sorcery, and the evil eye. Sympathetic forms. Conclusion. 6. Poison, Putrefaction, and Ontology of Disease Poisons, contagions, and the French Disease. Poison as cause of disease. Separating poison and medicine with Paracelsus. Ontologies of poisons, forms, seeds, and disease. Conclusion. 7. Reframing Toxicology Reconciling the language of medicine and poison. New approaches to venenum. Poisons, venoms, and corruptions in the body. Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Classical Authorities and Traditions The ambiguity of pharmaka and venena. Prevention, symptoms, and remedies. Medical pharmacotherapy and theories of poison. Compilation, synthesis, and specific form. Conclusion 2. Poison and Venom in the Latin West before 1300 Poisons and venoms in translation. Encyclopedic poisons. Qualities, quantities, and forms. Regulating poisonous drugs. Conclusion. 3. Towards a New Toxicology Food, medicine, and poison. A new kind of poison text. New "problems" of poison. Patronage, poison, and medical learning. Conclusion. 4. Plague, Poison, and Metaphor Putrefied and poisoned air. Plague as poison in the body. Spreadable and contagious poison. Conclusion. 5. Poisonous Properties, Bodies, and Forms Occult definitions and forms. Poisonous properties. Poisonous bodies. Poisoning, sorcery, and the evil eye. Sympathetic forms. Conclusion. 6. Poison, Putrefaction, and Ontology of Disease Poisons, contagions, and the French Disease. Poison as cause of disease. Separating poison and medicine with Paracelsus. Ontologies of poisons, forms, seeds, and disease. Conclusion. 7. Reframing Toxicology Reconciling the language of medicine and poison. New approaches to venenum. Poisons, venoms, and corruptions in the body. Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography
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