Perception of Air Quality in the Czech Lands of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Note: This study was created thanks to the institutional support of the Faculty of Arts of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, the Czech Republic, through the grant “Diskurzivní prostředky historických pramenů v závislosti na jejich typech,” number UJEP-SGS-2023-63–001-3.
Abstract
This study addresses the issue of air quality in early modern Czech lands (Bohemia) through an analysis of contemporary texts intended both for scholars and ordinary citizens. From the times of Hippocrates and Galen until the modern period, medicine was based mainly on dietetics, which included the overall lifestyle. Its principle was harmony ...
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