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Tracing Senguerd’s Footprints: Sciences and Tarantism at Leiden Universtiy (1667-1715) (2021)

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The present paper deals with the reflection on Apulian tarantism–the disease produced by tarantula’s poison–of the Dutch philosopher Wolferd Senguerd (1646-1724). According to him, tarantism is a phenomenon which consists of many aspects explained previously throughout different traditional occult qualities; the various occult aspects of tarantism are clarified by Senguerd using several “scientiae” such as natural history, physics and medicine. Showing this particular view of tarantism, the first part of this paper is dedicated to the analysis of Wolferd’s thought about tarantism and occult qualities, with particular reference to the analysis of the wondrous effects deriving from tarantula’s poison. The second part focuses on how Senguerd used his source, namely Athanasius Kircher and Giorgio Baglivi, in order to prove that there is no chromatic attraction in those who are poisoned by the spider.

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Authors & Contributors
Tonetti, Luca
Bernschneider-Reif, Sabine
Buzzi, Serena
Collard, Franck
Di Mitri, Gino Leonardo
Friedrich, Christoph
Journals
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Publishers
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Olschki
Cambridge University Press
Aracne
Brepols
Carocci Editore
Concepts
Medicine
Therapeutics
Poisoning
Pharmacy
Disease and diseases
Physicians; doctors
People
Baglivi, Giorgio
Paracelsus, Theophrastus von Hohenheim
Boerhaave, Herman
Boyle, Robert
Descartes, René
Digby, Kenelm
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Medieval
19th century
Ancient
Places
Europe
Italy
Netherlands
Rome (Italy)
Geneva (Switzerland)
Germany
Institutions
Universiteit Leiden
University of Padua
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