Book ID: CBB449722490

Storia biomedica del tarantismo nel XVIII secolo (2006)

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Di Mitri, Gino Leonardo (Author)


Olschki
Biblioteca di «Lares»


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xxiv, 324 pp.
Language: Italian

To unveil the mysterious phenomenon of ritual possession known as tarantism, the author carefully reconstructs the history of medical and naturalistic sciences concerning it. His study of the vast scientific debate which involved physicians, philosophers and naturalists dealing with a phenomenon which apparently belonged to the fields of toxicology and physiology leads him to the conclusion that the cultural origin of tarantism marks the beginnings of clinical psychiatry

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Authors & Contributors
Enza Del Tedesco
Luzzini, Francesco
Generali, Dario
Campanelli, Maurizio
Silvana D'Alessio
Forner, Claudio
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Medicine
Science and religion
Science and society
Science and culture
Science and politics
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Enlightenment
16th century
Republic of Venice (697–1797)
Medieval
Places
Italy
Europe
Rome (Italy)
Venice (Italy)
Leiden (Netherlands)
Naples (Italy)
Institutions
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome)
School of Milan
Experimentalists
Royal Society of London
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