TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chiara Benati
PY  - 2022
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
JF  - Mediaevistik
IS  - 1
VL  - 34
SN  - 2199-806X
TI  - “Only for Specialist” Medical Charms: Holistic Therapy in the German Medieval and Early Modern Tradition
DO  - 10.3726/med.2021.01.03
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1238968
N2  - 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.
KW  - Complementarity of Medicine and Healing Magic, New Evidence, “Only for Specialist” Charms, German Tradition
ER  -