Proverbial Logic
This statement from Joubert refers to this as the most erroneous proverb of all.
What is "Every Man his own physician".
Joubert organizes his book in this type of literary format, modeled after the conversation between Simplician and Cosimo.
What is dialogue.
This book, written by Don Alexis was the most frequently printed novel of the sixteenth century.
What is The Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont.
Within the villages surrounding Montpellier, it was a common tradition that women in labor were recomended to have which of her husband's accessories placed upon her stomach.
What is his hat.
This new technology complicated relationships between physicians and the public because it allowed anyone who was literate to gain knowledge and understanding of medical secrets.
What is the printing press.
This saying from Joubert's text suggests that "what pleases the mouth is soft on" this specific organ.
What is the stomach.
The 1578 novel written by Laurent Joubert titled (blank) had in it the same ingredients that gave rise to the spurt of proverb-collecting in the sixteenth century, but they acted to a different effect.
What is Erreurs Populaires.
Which medieval figure was attributed to writing Le régime de santé, The Treasure of the Poor, and The Secrets of Women.
Who is Albertus Magnus.
This celestial object presaged the coming of the plague (Theirs was a culture thick with false sayings: “the (blank) presages plague”.
What is a comet.
What is medicine.
This popular seventeenth-century saying from Languedoc and Provence expresses that "who goes to be thirsty arises" in which type of state.
What is healthy.
Joubert feels quite upset when one of these (blank) practitioners bars him from visiting a patient who is ill with hysteria.
What is a midwife.
This 1702 text by Daniel Le Clerc argues that the earliest stages of medicine were primitave in character.
What is Histoire de la Medecine.
Superstitions regarding that this specific item that belonged to a sick person should never be changed for fear of worsening ones condition.
What are bedclothes.
Davis expresses that to understand popular culture, historians should imagine their subjects are in an exchange with us while we look over them and are to do this if we go astray.
What is answer us back.
This saying "Après la figue un verre d'eau: après le melon un verre de" translates to English meaning "After the fig, a glass of water; after the melon, a glass of..." referring to specific instructions for post-meal hydration.
What is vin (wine).
Despite Joubert's concerns regarding folk medicine, he dedicates this book to his mother, in which he praises her for her ointments and jellies for the sick (book titled).
What is the Grande Chirurgie de M. Guy de Chauliac.
This work by this surgeon and medical journalist was structured by topics to determine their effectiveness.
Who was Nicolas de Blegny.
To stop colic, it was common practice to place the big finger of the left hand where on the body.
What is the navel.
To keep the common people "within the limits" of this regarding their proper social role or calling Joubert saw the printing press to be used as a means of control (hint: a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career, calling, or purpose in life, often involving a sense of dedication to helping others or a spiritual, divine call)
What is vocation.
This proverb uses a rhyme about acidic liquids to describe the bodily output, expressing "Qui boit verjus, pisse," translated to English, "He who drinks verjuice, urinates" what
What is vinaigre (vinegar in English)
At the end of Jouberts essay he critizes the authour of being incurably this saying that " You are incurably"
What is naive.
Who are surgeons.
In 1780 a peasent from this place claimed he had recieved all of his medical knowledge when he was just 11-12 years old during his first communion (much older than we are when we have our first communion)
Le Clerc argues in his work Histoire de la Medecine, 1702 that we must envisage these ancients as being similar to which types of early modern French people.
Who are peasants