Ljekaruša fra Dobroslava Božića iz godine 1878.

Professional paper - Professional paper

• Author: Nikola Kujundžić
• Author: Milan Glibota
• Author: Maja Bival
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; (Department of analytical chemistry)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Pharmacy; Pharmacy

Abstract (english)

Manuscripts containing collections of folk recipes (»ljekaruša«) for treatment of diseases were written mostly by Franciscians in Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the past centuries. They were used as manuals for preparation of
remedies and gave directions for their use. These writings provide valuable data
for ethnographers and historians of pharmacy. Kinds and incidences of diseases
afflicting humans and domestic animals in the past, development of ethnopharmacology,
folk medical terminology, names of medicinal herbs, and the interaction
of folk and scientific medicine may be found in these manuscripts.
Here we present the manuscript written by the Franciscian Dobroslav Božić in
1878. The manuscipt was found in the archives of Plehan Friary (Bosnia and
Herzegovina) and complete text has not been known to the public until now.
The collection contains over 300 recipes for human medical practice, and about
ten recipes for veterinary medical practice. Three recipes contain household advices.
Materia medica of the manuscript is mostly composed of drugs of plant origin.
Remedies of animal and mineral origin are also included but to a smaller
extent. Valuable information is given about the folk names of diseases and medicinal
plants as well as descriptions of the ways of preparing remedies. In few recipes prayers for healing, void of sorcery and magic, may be found.

• Keywords (croatian): ljekaruše; fra Dobroslav Božić; narodna medicina
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Professional paper - Professional paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - domestic
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Farmaceutski glasnik
• Numbering: vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 669-701
• p-ISSN: 0014-8202
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:163:955346
• Publication: 2006
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-02-16 16:21:11