Álom és emésztés

Molnár, Dávid (2017) Álom és emésztés. In: Scientiarum miscellanea. Convivia Neolatina Hungarica (2). Lazi Könyvkiadó, Szeged, pp. 9-15. ISBN 978-963-267-324-0

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Abstract

Dream and digestion: Antonio Gazio on the medical relationship between mental and corporeal activities The Paduan physician Antonio Gazio’s book entitled 'De somno ac eius necessitate' was published in 1539. Because of his activities in Hungary, the present paper outlines first a still incomplete and unwritten biography of him, then summarizes the views of this book on the relationship between sleep, dreams and digestion. Gazio gives practical and useful advice on eating which affects our sleeping and our dreams too. He deals with the diagnosis based on the dreams and mentions the sexual ones as well. The paper draws attention to the special significance of the sensual and voluptuous dreams that can have beneficial effects on the nocturnal digestive disorders which has not been examined to date. The question is how to avoid these nocturnal - either enjoyable or unpleasant - disorders with the help of proper nutrition according to 15th and 16th-century medicine.

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