Citation

Fischer KD. Dynamis 2003; 23: 341-361.

Vernacular Title

"Wer niemals einen Rausch gehabt..." - Ein Brief des Arztes Mnesitheos und ein

Affiliation

Medizinhistorisches Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. kdfisch@mail.uni-mainz.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Departamento de Historia de la Medicina, Universidad de Granada,)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14626285

Abstract

Getting drunk regularly is a recommendation we find expressed both in the work of the 4th century B.C. physician Mnesitheos and in a commentary on Constantine the African's Viaticum by a 13th century university teacher, Magister Bona Fortuna, evidently under the influence of Avicenna. The article provides German translations of the source texts and briefly comments on their content. An outline is given of the way Mnesitheos' writings were handed down to later centuries, showing the great renown this important writer on dietetics enjoyed even in Imperial times, possibly influencing writers whose works were translated into Arabic. An excerpt from Magister Bona Fortuna's commentary is published in the Apprendix.

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