The state of medical knowledge in Poland and local methods of maintaining health and longevity according to the Irish physician of Jan III Sobieski

• Authors: Agnieszka White

Abstracts

EN

Bernard Connor held the position of Jan III Sobieski’s personal physician for a year. One of the outcomes of his time in Poland is the two-volume The History of Poland, which was published in London in 1698. Not only does the work provide interesting historical facts relating to the country, but it also reveals details concerning the professional job carried out by the author. He was, for instance, particularly interested in curious medical cases and the interplay between behaviour and health. One of the most well-known and engaging section of his work concerns the notes on the “kołtun” and the reflections on the cause of Poles’ strong and good health.

Keywords

EN

POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH; Connor; XVII c.; medicine; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

• Publisher: Associazione Italiana Polonisti (AIP)
• Journal: pl.it / rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 5-16

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Agnieszka White

• https://orcid.org/0000000235258920

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Biblioteka Nauki

28407898