Uso médico del agua en el mundo hispánico bajo medieval (siglos XII-XV)

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Irueste, Fernando Girón
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	In this study, we offer a vision of the medical use of water in the medieval world, largely based on texts from the 12th to 15th centuries. We report their descriptions of the use of water in the healing of diseases and especially the preventive aspects of medieval baths. We analyse the characteristics of these baths, successors to the Roman thermae: the indications, contraindications and dangers of the use of hot, warm and cold water; the frequency and times of their use, and the relationship of these with the age, sex and constitution of the patient and the time of year. Finally, we focus on some religious and social aspects associated with this practice in the Moslem, Jewish and Christian communities that inhabited the Iberian Peninsular in the Low Middle Ages.
Starting Page	79
Ending Page	95
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.5209/rev_ANHM.2006.n1.16181
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANHM/article/download/ANHM0606120079A/15326
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANHM.2006.n1.16181
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article