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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
Gemelli, Benedino
Andel, Tinde van
Aleida Offerhaus
Alessandro Menin
Berry, Chelsea
Concepts
Medicine
Therapeutics
Pharmacy
Poisoning
Physicians; doctors
Tarantism
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Renaissance
19th century
Ancient
Places
Italy
Europe
Netherlands
Hellenistic world
Padua (Italy)
Leiden (Netherlands)
Institutions
University of Padua
Universiteit Leiden
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