Frígidos y maleficiados. Las mujeres y los remedios contra la impotencia en la Edad Media (2012)
Moral de Calatrava, Paloma (Author)
Asclepio: Archivo Iberoamericano de Historia de la Medicina
Volume: 64, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 353-372
Publication date: 2012
In the Middle Ages the causes and origin of male impotence not only attributed to various natural causes, but also the power of witchcraft. Doctors could use old recipes, but also collected remedies that were known and used by women. So the same remedy was acceptable when supported academic medicine or witchcraft was considered wise if they used old (vetulae). This paper explores the knowledge of women about treatments and their role as healers of body and masculinity of men
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