Ravimitest 18. ja 19. sajandi eestikeelses kalendrikirjanduses

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关键词: remedies;    Estonian calendar literature;    almanacs;    medicine;    drugs and medicines;    curing;    18th and 19th century;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

How could "pharmaceuticals" like elecampane root, asaphoetida resin, nitric, etc. be used as remedies in folk medicine? One route was the local manor lords and their wives, who disseminated the knowledge they had acquired both from the literature published in Germany as well as from personal experimentation. Another weighty source may have been the late 18th-century almanacs that were published in the Estonian language and the popular medical literature, the publication of which escalated in the late 19th century and which introduced recent news on medicine. The almanacs were the first literary sources for peasants to acquire medical wisdom from. Since their popularity, the almanacs had a profound influence on the population. This paper discusses the advices on medicines and treatment published in medical texts in the almanacs of the period. Since drugs used for treatment were not medicines in the contemporary sense of the word, the term “medicament” should be defined more generally. The most common food products used as remedies were salt, milk, and meal. A subtopic of the paper concerns various herbs, whereas a closer look is taken at herbs for home remedy and the possible usages. The most common herbs were camomile, blackcurrant and tobacco. Another subtopic discusses major drugs – water, vinegar and alcohol. The third subtopic explores the bestial remedies in calendar medicine, the most popular of which were fat, dung, and honey.

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