Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications
The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medical purposes. The paper explores the connections and relationships between these texts, pr...
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The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medical purposes. The paper explores the connections and relationships between these texts, primarily in terms of the instructions conveyed regarding the use of specific snake and viper products and the effects of their use on human health, including the many diseases known since antiquity that plagued Nicholas’ contemporaries.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0526a4c3fa0d47a1a63bc9ad45b678f32025-01-07T09:05:55ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Clotho2670-62102670-62292023-12-015210.4312/clotho.5.2.33-54Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical ApplicationsAdriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska0University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology, Poland The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medical purposes. The paper explores the connections and relationships between these texts, primarily in terms of the instructions conveyed regarding the use of specific snake and viper products and the effects of their use on human health, including the many diseases known since antiquity that plagued Nicholas’ contemporaries. https://journals.uni-lj.si/clotho/article/view/16561Pliny the ElderNicholas of PolandsnakesmedicineDominicansSilesia |
| spellingShingle | Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications Clotho Pliny the Elder Nicholas of Poland snakes medicine Dominicans Silesia |
| title | Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications |
| title_full | Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications |
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| title_short | Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications |
| title_sort | pliny the elder and nicholas of poland on snake products and their medical applications |
| topic | Pliny the Elder Nicholas of Poland snakes medicine Dominicans Silesia |
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