(Etiologia moru w świetle pism loimograficznych. Fizjologia timor pestis (rekonesans badawczy)

• Authors: Katarzyna: Pękacka-Falkowska

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THE AETIOLOGY OF PLAGUE IN THE LIGHT OF LOIMOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE. PHYSIOLOGY OF TIMOR PESTIS (INTRODUCTION)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In the early modern medical discourse one of the most important factors of plague’s emergence was fear. Yet, it was not perceived in the so called idealistic way as an immaterial emotion or state of soul lacking its physical substrate but as a material process, i.e. affect. Uncontrolled fear evoked by sensual perception or thought focusing on the object of fear could result in (sometimes irreversible) alteration of both: body and spirit. According to the contemporaries, only the disciplined mind could protect from the change.

Keywords

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THE AETIOLOGY OF PLAGUE; LOIMOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE; PHYSIOLOGY OF TIMOR PESTIS; MEDICAL DISCOURSE

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Sensus Historiae. Studia interdyscyplinarne
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 91-105

Contributors

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Katarzyna: Pękacka-Falkowska