%0 Journal Article
%A Chiara Benati
%D 2022
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%J Mediaevistik
%@ 2199-806X
%N 1
%V 34
%T “Only for Specialist” Medical Charms: Holistic Therapy in the German Medieval and Early Modern Tradition
%R 10.3726/med.2021.01.03
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1238968
%X In this study, a corpus of almost unknown medieval and early modern healing-related charms is presented and discussed as being part of a holistic practical therapy combining conventional medical and surgical remedies with verbal formulas aimed at reinforcing the practitioner-patient-relationship and at propitiating the good outcome of the healing process. In this respect, these texts constitute a specific category of charms specifically addressing physicians and surgeons who recited them before or during a procedure.
%K Complementarity of Medicine and Healing Magic, New Evidence, “Only for Specialist” Charms, German Tradition