Naslov
Saints-Protectors From Headache: Historical Hints of Suggestive Therapy?

Autori
Škrobonja, Ante ; Golubović, Vesna ; Golubović, Snježana ; Muzur, Amir ; Škrobonja, Ante Jr.

Izvornik
Irish journal of psychological medicine (0790-9667) 19 (2002); 128-129

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
history of medicine; religion; suggestive therapy; headache; saints-protectors

Sažetak
A short overview of several saints, venerated in Christian tradition as protectors from headache, is offered as an introduction to a more substantial debate on the possibility and value of analyzing historical literary and iconographic sources and their interpretation. Headache of possible psychosomatic origin allows (auto)suggestive therapy obtained by the invocation of saints to have had considerable success. This possibility favors the opinion that historical material can be useful not only for cultural-anthropological, but also for modern medical considerations as well.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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