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Hygiene -- Early works to 1800

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Regimen sanitatis ad regem Aragonum by Arnaldus de Villanova, 15th century

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Identifier: ff. 13r-64r
Contents The first text bound in MS 175 is the health regiment by fourteenth-century physician and theologist, Arnaldus of Villanova, composed for the king of Aragon, Jaume II. A very popular genre of practical medical texts in the Middle Ages, health regiments compiled advice based on humoral medicine for how to conserve and maintain health. This was achieved through management and balance of things like food, drink, exercise, sounds and emotions. Regimen sanitatis...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including medical texts and recipes