L’étiologie de la morve équine chez les vétérinaires grecs et latins : flux d’humeur et flux de souffle

Greek and Latin veterinaries have explained the internal causes of glanders (morbus, μᾶλις, suspirium) with their medical knowledge, mainly because of humoral circulation. The first inventor was Eumelus of Thebes ; he was succeeded on by Apsyrtus, Chiron. In the case of morbus articularis, a paradig...

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Published inPallas (Toulouse, France) Vol. 113; no. 113; pp. 153 - 168
Main Author Gitton-Ripoll, Valérie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
French
Published Presses universitaires du Midi 13.08.2020
Subjects
farcy
ferisoma
glanders
morbus articularius
suspirium
μᾶλις ἀρθρῖτις
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Summary:Greek and Latin veterinaries have explained the internal causes of glanders (morbus, μᾶλις, suspirium) with their medical knowledge, mainly because of humoral circulation. The first inventor was Eumelus of Thebes ; he was succeeded on by Apsyrtus, Chiron. In the case of morbus articularis, a paradigmatic variety, the contaminated bile fills up the head, the nostrils, and invades the arteries too, closing breathing (paremptosis). This way the purulent nasal discharge, the striving for breathing (suspirium), spots of farcy (farcimen) filled with sallow liquid, interpreted as evacuation of bile (περίσσωμα, ferisoma), are explained. The study of successive stratum of interpretations (Eumelus, Apsyrtus, Columella, Chiron, Theomnestos) show antiquity of hippiatric texts, which we only read in late compilations.
ISSN:0031-0387
2272-7639
DOI:10.4000/pallas.23929