The Controversy on the Purgative Medicines in Pseudogalenic de Catharticis: a Latin Commentary on Greek Medical Doctrine

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  • Maria Teresa Santamaría Hernández Castilla-La Mancha university

Keywords:

Pseudo-Galen, De catharticis, Purgative Medicines

Abstract

In this article we analyze the influence of Galenic doctrine on the properties and use of purgative medicines in the De catharticis, a pseudo-Galenic work written in Latin in late antiquity. It is preserved in manuscripts from the 9th century onwards, but contains formal elements of the didactic commentaries of late antiquity.    

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2018-10-06

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