Les médecins du Tibre

From the 1550’s onward, the Tiber increasingly became a topic for discussion in Roman medical debates. In treatises published in the city, several physicians were highly interested in the quality and composition of the river’s drinking water as well as its tendency to periodic flooding. Doctors enga...

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Published inHistoire, médecine et santé Vol. 11; pp. 99 - 129
Main Author Elisa Andretta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Presses universitaires du Midi 01.07.2017
Subjects
hippocratism
natural history
physicians
rivers
Rome
Tiber
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Summary:From the 1550’s onward, the Tiber increasingly became a topic for discussion in Roman medical debates. In treatises published in the city, several physicians were highly interested in the quality and composition of the river’s drinking water as well as its tendency to periodic flooding. Doctors engaged in a dialogue with the papal and municipal authorities who were responsible for projects aimed at intervening in the riverbed or at supplying the city’s drinking water. The article focuses on the role physicians played in these debates which involved urban and public policies and a medical culture that emphasized the relationship between humans and their natural environment.
ISSN:2263-8911
2557-2113
DOI:10.4000/hms.1110