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Cuerpo y sociedad en el Libro de la anathomía del hombre, de Bernardino Montaña de Monserrate: el sueño político de un anatomista (2013)

Pedraz, Miguel Vicente (Author)

História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 20, suppl. 1
Issue: suppl. 1
Pages: 1121-1135
Publication date: 2013

DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702013000400002

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: First article in a supplementary issue on science communication

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Treaties Science and politics Materia medica Epistemology Human body Medicine and culture Medieval Early modern Spain Galen Montaña de Monserrate, Bernardino

The Libro de la anathomía del hombre is an exemplary case of a genre of medico-moral works that peaked in the Early Middle Ages and were still seen during the Renaissance. Although it is not, strictly speaking, an original treatise, it presents some relevant characteristics: it was the first anatomy treatise to be written in Spanish; epistemologically, it represents a turning point between Galenist and mechanist concepts of the body; whilst the medical discourse is configured as a true political treatise intended to legitimize the hegemonic order; and, in terms of style, the use of an allegorical dream allows us to treat it as an oneirological work.

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