Anatomy, bite and effects of the tarantula.
Jerome Millon| N° d'inventaire | 26734 |
| Format | 13 x 20 |
| Détails | 256 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Grenoble, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782841374052 |
Giorgio Baglivi's De anatome, morsu et effectibus tarantulae ( The Anatomy, Bite, and Effects of the Tarantula ; Rome, 1696; Geneva, 1698) was a huge publishing success and was the subject of numerous studies. Baglivi studies the anatomy of the tarantula, its habitat, the nature of its poison, and the effects it produces on the human and animal body. The analysis of these elements becomes an opportunity to describe the region where the most cases of tarantula bites are recorded, Puglia, and the benefits of the most effective therapy: music. Between descriptions of landscapes and accounts of experiences, ranging from experimentation to the presentation of clinical cases, this text recognizes that the only antidote to spider venom is the ritual that allows the patient to dance and thus expel the disease through movement and perspiration.
After completing his medical studies in Naples and Salerno, Giorgio Baglivi (Ragusa, Dalmatia 1668 – Rome 1707) continued his training, among others, in Bologna with Marcello Malpighi. Physician to Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI, Baglivi became professor of surgery and anatomy at the Sapienza University of Rome, and then, until his death, professor of theoretical medicine at the same university. He was a member of the Royal Society of London. De praxi medica and De fiber motrice are his major works.
Giorgio Baglivi's De anatome, morsu et effectibus tarantulae ( The Anatomy, Bite, and Effects of the Tarantula ; Rome, 1696; Geneva, 1698) was a huge publishing success and was the subject of numerous studies. Baglivi studies the anatomy of the tarantula, its habitat, the nature of its poison, and the effects it produces on the human and animal body. The analysis of these elements becomes an opportunity to describe the region where the most cases of tarantula bites are recorded, Puglia, and the benefits of the most effective therapy: music. Between descriptions of landscapes and accounts of experiences, ranging from experimentation to the presentation of clinical cases, this text recognizes that the only antidote to spider venom is the ritual that allows the patient to dance and thus expel the disease through movement and perspiration.
After completing his medical studies in Naples and Salerno, Giorgio Baglivi (Ragusa, Dalmatia 1668 – Rome 1707) continued his training, among others, in Bologna with Marcello Malpighi. Physician to Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI, Baglivi became professor of surgery and anatomy at the Sapienza University of Rome, and then, until his death, professor of theoretical medicine at the same university. He was a member of the Royal Society of London. De praxi medica and De fiber motrice are his major works.