Aproximación de una hermenéutica comparada del Enchiridion medicinae (1459) de Alonso López de Corella y del Liber de arte medendi (1564) de Cristóbal de Vega

  1. Hernández González, Justo Pedro
Revista:
Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas

ISSN: 1131-6810 2530-8343

Ano de publicación: 2011

Número: 22

Páxinas: 79-88

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas

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In this paper, a descriptive, analytic and hermeneutic study of two medical treatises published at the beginning of the second half of the 16th century has been carried out: the Enchiridion medicinae (1549) by the Liber de arte medendi is more advanced mainly in terms of its avoidance of Arabic sources. However, the medieval type arabo-latin contents of the Enchiridion merit attention. Alonso López de Corella and the Liber de arte medendi (1564) by Cristóbal de Vega. The first seeks to be a medical compendium whereas the second shows not only a propedeutic aim but also attempts an encyclopaedic account of all theoretical and practical aspects of medicine. Concerning their medical views, the Enchiridion seems to belong to the Arabic Galenism. In fact, it is even more traditional than the Liber de arte medendi, which not only should be considered as a typical product of the Humanist Galenism but may be considered the best of its kind. Both books are divided into three parts (the Galenic tres res) but the Enchiridion includes a small innovative variation devoting the second part to therapeutics instead of hygienedietetics in the classical way. Though the two treatises are traditionally orthodox, it seems that