Thrown into nature /
"A humorous picaresque set in sixteenth-century Spain, Thrown into Nature tells the story of Dr. Nicolas Monardes, whose medical treatise 'Of the Tabaco and His Great Vertues' was partially responsible for introducing tobacco to Europe. His Portuguese assistant, da Silva, narrates the...
| Основен автор: | Ruskov, Milen. |
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| Други автори: | Rodel, Angela. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English Bulgarian |
| Публикувано: |
Rochester, NY :
Open Letter,
2011.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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Съдържание:
- Against death
- Intestinal worms, enemas
- For having a good time
- The title will be thought up in December
- The following summer
- Costa del Sol, Costa del' Luz
- Clarification
- Female swelling
- Driving away so-called "spirits"
- On the connection that some representatives of the common folk see between tobacco and the so-called "devil." A concrete example of the driving out of the latter and how he flees from tobacco as from incense
- Curing lovesickness
- Against bad breath
- Against aching joints
- For long life
- On the debate by the honorable, learned scholars Dr. Cheynell, an Englishman, and Dr. Monardes, a Spaniard, with the foolish and ignorant English king and his sycophantic servants who present themselves before the civilized world as physicians to their and their chieftain's great shame
- For the treatment of domestic animals and the quick accumulation of wealth
- For the healing of scabs
- Against toothaches
- Against fevers from colds and for creative energy
- For the elimination of all indecision, the resolution of all doubts and so on
- Against headaches
- For protection against the plague and all manner of contagions
- The death of Dr. Monardes.