On the hellebore trail: an anthropological research into madness

On the hellebore trail: an anthropological research into madness

Authors

  • Mario Augusto Maieron Chief of Psychiatry emeritus ASL Varese (now Agenzia di Tutela della Salute – ATS - dell’Insubria

Abstract

Beginning with myth, this article retraces the history of an antique psychiatric therapy, hellebore, present in medicine from Hippocratic times until well beyond the age of Enlightenment.

Providing a background are aspects of the anthropological history of madness, relating to culture, not only medical, together with literary examples, which were reiterated from classic antiquity up to ‘900.

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Published

11-05-2018

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018)

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Original article

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Maieron MA. On the hellebore trail: an anthropological research into madness. Med Histor [Internet]. 2018 May 11 [cited 2025 Apr. 6];2(1):5-18. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/7124