Del arte de curar en los tiempos de Don Quijote

Synopsis of Del arte de curar en los tiempos de Don Quijote

«Del arte de curar en los tiempos de Don Quijote» is the essay by Ana Aliaga Pérez, Alex Iranzo de Riquer and others, published by ACV Edicions in hardcover.

Don Quixote serves as a guiding thread to explain how medicine was understood and practiced in the Spanish Golden Age: social context, the doctrine of the four humors, hygiene, diet and the craft of physicians, surgeons, apothecaries and barbers. The book closes with the character's melancholy and its reading from current psychiatry.

First edition in Spanish, 128 pages, with color illustrations and published in Barcelona in 2005.

Aimed at general readers as well as psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals.