The short story tells of the renowned Italian bandit Ghino di Tacco (ca. 1270-ca. 1303-13, Figure 1) who captures and imprisons the then-abbot of Cluny as the latter is headed to thermal waters near Siena to cure his stomach ailments, a practice commonly recommended by the medicine of those times. Ghino, having learned of the prelate’s discomfort, eschews the baths and instead treats the patient in his own way over the next several weeks or more (4). Ghino orders the abbot to fast, allowing him each day no more than two slices of toasted bread and a large glass of Vernaccia da Corniglia wine (due fette di pane arrostito e un gran bicchiere di vernaccia da Corniglia), claiming that he had studied medicine as a young man and knew that there was "no better medicine for stomach ailments" (niuna medicina al mal dello stomaco esser miglior) (4).
Dyspepsia in the middle ages: a reference in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron (14th century AD)? / Galassi, Francesco Maria; Spani, Giovanni; Papio, Michael; Toscano, Fabrizio; Artico, Marco; Varotto, Elena. - In: ACTA BIOMEDICA. - ISSN 2531-6745. - 94:6(2023), pp. 1-2. [10.23750/abm.v94i6.15137]
Dyspepsia in the middle ages: a reference in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron (14th century AD)?
Artico, MarcoPenultimo
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The short story tells of the renowned Italian bandit Ghino di Tacco (ca. 1270-ca. 1303-13, Figure 1) who captures and imprisons the then-abbot of Cluny as the latter is headed to thermal waters near Siena to cure his stomach ailments, a practice commonly recommended by the medicine of those times. Ghino, having learned of the prelate’s discomfort, eschews the baths and instead treats the patient in his own way over the next several weeks or more (4). Ghino orders the abbot to fast, allowing him each day no more than two slices of toasted bread and a large glass of Vernaccia da Corniglia wine (due fette di pane arrostito e un gran bicchiere di vernaccia da Corniglia), claiming that he had studied medicine as a young man and knew that there was "no better medicine for stomach ailments" (niuna medicina al mal dello stomaco esser miglior) (4).| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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