Galen’s skin disorders according to the De simplicibus medicinis VI by Gerard of Cremone

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.588071
Keywords: Galen, De simpl. med. fac., skin disorders, al-Biṭrīq, Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Gerard of Cremone

Abstract

Skin problems caused by internal or external factors to the human body have been studied since ancient times. In the 2nd century, Galen of Pergamon wrote De simplicium medicinalum facultatibus, a work on simple drugs among which we find treatments still used today to heal rashes, eczema, abscesses, etc. This treatise was translated into Syriac, Arabic and Latin. This last version, the Latin one carried out by Gerard of Cremone in the 12th century, arouses the greatest interest, since it includes the recipes described by Galen, but with the contributions of the Greeks, Syrians and Arabs, not only in its content, but in the technical lexicon used. The aim of this work is to present, through Gerard’s De simplicibus medicinis, the Latin translation of Galen’s treatise, the vision that the Western Late Middle Ages had of the natural medicine of Galen to heal skin disorders, and the (strongly Arabized) medical vocabulary used in that translation.

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16-10-2023
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Díaz Marcos, M. (2023). Galen’s skin disorders according to the De simplicibus medicinis VI by Gerard of Cremone. Myrtia, 38. https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.588071
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