Calendars from Sibiu and Buda with References to Popular Practices of Home Medicine Cover Image

Calendare de la Sibiu şi Buda cu referiri la practicile populare din medicina casnică
Calendars from Sibiu and Buda with References to Popular Practices of Home Medicine

Author(s): Cristian Nicolae Matei
Subject(s): Cultural history, Library and Information Science, Health and medicine and law, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Biblioteca Județeană Mureș
Keywords: medicine; popular practices; recipes; medical books; Transylvania;

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the XVIIIth century and the beginning of the next, the thinking of the population in Transylvania slowly changed; people began to think about life and tried to improve it, including the health issues. Knowing about the deficiency of information, publishers began to print medical books and also translated and inserted medical information into any type of book, including the calendars. There was a growing interest of population in the medical books, especially the proper diet and cure for certain diseases.

  • Issue Year: XV/2016
  • Issue No: 14-15
  • Page Range: 164-174
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian