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Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?
Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis, 22 (1997), 1; 31-35. urn:nbn:hr:184:321351
Muzur, Amir; Sepčić, Juraj

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Muzur, A. & Sepčić, J. (1997). Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?. Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis, 22. (1), 31-35. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351

Muzur, Amir and Juraj Sepčić. "Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?." Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis, vol. 22, no. 1, 1997, pp. 31-35. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351

Muzur, Amir and Juraj Sepčić. "Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?." Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis 22, no. 1 (1997): 31-35. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351

Muzur, A. and Sepčić, J. (1997) 'Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?', Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis, 22(1), pp. 31-35. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351 (Accessed 25 April 2024)

Muzur A, Sepčić J. Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?. Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis [Internet]. 1997 [cited 2024 April 25];22(1):31-35. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351

A. Muzur and J. Sepčić, "Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?", Acta Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 31-35, 1997. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:321351. [Accessed: 25 April 2024]

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Title (english)Hildegard of Bingen - A Temporal - Lobe epileptic, An Ingenious Woman, or Both?
Title (croatian)Hildegarda iz Bingena - temporalna epileptičarka, genijalna žena ili oboje?
AuthorAmir Muzur
AuthorJuraj Sepčić
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities)
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Neurology)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Basic Medical Sciences
History of Medicine and the Biomedical Sciences
Abstract (english)
In order to throw some new light upon the work and personality of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), the famous medieval visionary and philosopher, this article interpretes her writings from a particular point of view, examining the possibility that Hildegard suffered from the temporal-lobe epilepsy. The hypothesis was created on the basis of a symptom analysis, using modern neuropsychiatric approaches but considering historical specificities, as well. The symptoms considered are of interictal character (changes in sexual behavior, increased religiosity, heightened experience of emotions, viscosity of personality, hypergraphia, and, the most important, hallucinations). Are these characteristics sufficient for considering somebody, a temporal-lobe epileptic? How many minds were characterized by these " symptoms"and still revolutionized the course of the history? Can the case of Hildegard be compared to the background of St. Paul's and Mohammed's theological-ethical systems? These and other questions of importance for both our medical and cultural concepts are discussed in this paper suggesting the possibility of a modern analytical approach to historical documents
Keywords (english)
Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Other
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewUnknown
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleActa Facultatis Medicae Fluminensis
Numberingvol. 22, no. 1, pp. 31-35
p-ISSN0065-1206
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:321351
Publication1997
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