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Miraculous fish therapy for leprosy (‘elephant disease’) and other skin diseases in Byzantium

Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros

Byzantine and modern Greek studies, 2016-04, Vol.40 (1), p.170-175 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Miraculous fish therapy for leprosy (‘elephant disease’) and other skin diseases in Byzantium
Autor: Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros
Assuntos: Byzantine civilization ; Christianity ; Disease ; Faith healing ; Folk medicine ; Leprosy ; Pilgrimages ; Psoriasis ; Short Note ; Skin diseases ; Therapy
É parte de: Byzantine and modern Greek studies, 2016-04, Vol.40 (1), p.170-175
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Descrição: This article discusses a unique case of a miraculous fish therapy used for a variety of skin diseases, which seems to have been practised in the mid-fifth century at the shrine of St. Michael in the city of Germia (mod. Gümüşkonak). It aims to enhance our knowledge of Byzantine therapeutic approaches to ‘elephant disease’ and contribute to debates on modern fish spa therapy.
Editor: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Idioma: Inglês

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