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[On two antique medical texts].

Maria Carlota Rosa¹

¹Departamento de Lingüística e Filologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitària - Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. carlota@ufrj.br

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|May 16, 2007

Summary

This study analyzes two rare Portuguese medical texts from circa 1530, offering insights into early European pestilence treatments and medical practices. The research provides facsimiles, modern translations, and a glossary for historical and linguistic study.

Area of Science:

* History of Medicine: Focuses on early Portuguese medical literature.
* Philology: Examines sixteenth-century texts and their translations.

Context:

* Explores the limited medical library of Portugal until approximately 1530.
* Highlights the role of foreign printers Valentim Fernandes and Germdo Galharde in disseminating medical knowledge.

Purpose:

* To present and analyze two significant medical texts:
"Regimento proueytoso contra ha pestenença" and "Modus curandi cum balsamo."
* To provide scholarly resources, including facsimiles, modern Portuguese translations, and a glossary, for understanding these historical documents.

Summary:

* Features
"Regimento proueytoso" (attributed to Johannes Jacobi) and the anonymous
"Modus curandi cum balsamo."

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* Both texts were printed in gothic letters by influential foreign printers in Portugal.

* Includes archaic and modern Portuguese versions of

"Regimento proueytoso" and a scholarly glossary.

Impact:

* Enhances understanding of sixteenth-century European medicine and public health responses to pestilence.
* Offers valuable linguistic and historical data for scholars of early modern texts.
* Contributes to the study of early printing and book history in Portugal.