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- Title
TRA FURORE E CONSUNZIONE: AMORE, ANIMA E CORPO NELLA TRADIZIONE MEDICA E LETTERARIA OCCIDENTALE.
- Authors
GAZZANIGA, VALENTINA
- Abstract
The article discusses the medical tradition concerning the concepts of love and lovesickness, from Ancient Greek medicine to the Western medical tradition. Reference is made to the relationship between physical and mental states in medical literature, as well as between the spirit and the body. Topics discussed include the definition, diagnosis, and causes of lovesickness, the relationship between lovesickness and other psychological illnesses, and lovesickness and melancholy in historical perspective.
- Subjects
LOVESICKNESS; BEHAVIORAL medicine; MEDICINE; GREEK &; Roman medicine; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL depression; MIND &; body; HISTORY
- Publication
Medicina nei Secoli: Arte e Scienza, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 3, p537
- ISSN
0394-9001
- Publication type
Article