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Enfermar lejos de casa : la atención médica y veterinaria en los hostales de la Corona de Aragón durante la Baja Edad Media
2013
During the late Middle Ages the mobility of people was intense, for various reasons. Frequently, people stayed in hostels, which were abundant in all cities and in the countryside and where they could rest, eat and receive medical care for themselves and their horses. These hostels were favourable environments to the intervention of barbers and surgeons, because many fights resulting in injuries took place there.Durante la baja Edad Media la movilidad de las personas fue muy intensa, por razones diversas. Frecuentemente la gente se alojaba en hostales, abundantes en todas las ciudades y también en el mundo rural, donde podían descansar, alimentarse y recibir atención médica para ellos y par…
Medicina animal en la Baja Edad Media hispánica y su relación con la medicina humana: aves, perros y caballos
2013
The high economic and social value of falcons, hounds and horses in the late Middle Ages led to the development of a specialized medical practice to keep them healthy and treat their diseases. A parallel production of technical works coded this medical knowledge, generating a specific doctrinal body. From the analysis of these treatises it is possible to fi nd close relationships with the current medical doctrine –galenism–, that go beyond the sharing of theories on humors and qualities. The importance of maintaining health and the conceptual instruments to achieve this aim, the precedence of diet as a therapeutic tool over drugs or surgery, treating by applying opposite, techniques of humo…