National Library of Medicine - On Latin and the Rooster in Medicine

In questo interessante  articolo  apparso nel blog Circulating Now vengono presentate alcune opere antiche in lingua latina (per secoli lingua d'elezione nella medicina antica). I libri sono patrimonio della collezione antica della NLM e  le immagini digitalizzate possono essere ingrandite e viste nei dettagli.
Vi segnalo in particolare la pagina con la ricetta della Theriaca presente nella Pharmacopoeia di Augsburg del 1573 e l'immagine tratta dal testo di Kircher: Musurgia universalis; sive Ars manga consoni et dissonie X. kobros digesta  "… in which the author invokes his ideas on music and how it is reflected by the proportions of the universe. This volume has beautiful musical notations and diagrams of instruments. A famous page from this text presents the musical notes of birdsongs...".
Infine significato e immagini dei testi nei quali è raffigurato un gallo "... In ancient Greece, it was believed that a rooster crowing in the morning would ward off evil spirits and disease. Poultry was a common currency for paying for medical treatments and other services. When Socrates was dying, his famous last recorded words were “I owe a cock to Asclepius, see that it is paid.”