Travel medicine in Basel - 450 years before CISTM18

Concern for travellers' wellbeing and safety is as old as humankind. Historic documents offer insights into how a safe journey was prepared or travel ailments treated based on the prevailing knowledge of body and (dys)function. In 1561, Guilhelmo Gratarolo published a comprehensive book on what...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Main Author: Irmgard L. Bauer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024
Subjects:
History of medicine
Travel health advice
Gratarolo
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102720
https://doaj.org/article/965101b2f5bd4e3db6d3227d86538783
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Summary:Concern for travellers' wellbeing and safety is as old as humankind. Historic documents offer insights into how a safe journey was prepared or travel ailments treated based on the prevailing knowledge of body and (dys)function. In 1561, Guilhelmo Gratarolo published a comprehensive book on what we call today ‘travel medicine’. Many then problems are still today's travel malaises. How they were dealt with 450 years ago is uncovered in his fascinating publication.

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