Title Pučka medicina
Title (english) Folk medicine
Author Jasmina Čaušević
Mentor Slaven Bertoša (mentor)
Committee member Jasmina Gržinić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member Slaven Bertoša (član povjerenstva)
Committee member Aljoša Vitasović (član povjerenstva)
Granter University of Pula (Department of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies) Pula
Defense date and country 2019-09-25, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline HUMANISTIC SCIENCES History Croatian and World Modern and Contemporary History
Abstract Osnovu narodne medicine predstavljaju nastojanja naroda da pronađe lijek različitim bolestima, a ona su se posljedično rodila kao dio narodne kulture. Ovim se radom ukazuje na odnos hrvatskog naroda prema zdravlju, kao i na različite načine liječenja bolesti u hrvatskoj prošlosti. Osim toga, radom se prikazuje kako su se praktičari narodne medicine u liječenju koristili raznim tehnikama poput barbirenja, namještanja kostiju, rašljarenja i kirurških zahvata. U svrhu zaštite od bolesti koristili su razne biljne, životinjske i mineralne sastavnice, a često su u liječenju pribjegavali i magijskim i religijskim postupcima. Njihova znanja bila su rezultat smjelih pokušaja i pogrešaka te su se prenosila s koljenja na koljeno. Pojavom pismenosti, znanja i iskustva u liječenju bolesti počela su se zapisivati u ljekarušama, odnosno zbirkama recepata za izradu lijekova i njihovu primjenu. Ljekaruše su se na mjestima gdje su živjeli Hrvati pisale od 14. do 20. stoljeća, a najviše sačuvanih potječe iz 17. i 18. stoljeća. Uglavnom se radi o ćiriličnim rukopisima koje su pisali franjevački svećenici na dalmatinskom području i u kojima se najviše koriste lijekovi biljnog podrijetla. Budući da se mnogi recepti iz narodne medicine primjenjuju i danas, zaključilo se da narodna medicina neće nestati zbog svoje višestoljetne tradicije i da, kao takva, predstavlja važan dio kulturne povijesti hrvatskoga naroda.
Abstract (english) People's efforts to find cures to various diseases represent the basis of folk medicine, and as a result, they became a part of the folk culture. This paper points out the attitude of the Croatian people towards health as well as different ways of treating diseases in Croatian history. In addition, this paper also shows how practitioners of folk medicine used various techniques in treatment such as barber-surgery, bone resetting, dowsing and surgery. Various herbal, animal and mineral components have been used for the purpose of protection against disease, and practitioners have often resorted to magical and religious methods in their treatment. Their knowledge was the result of many successful as well as failed treatments, and it was passed on from generation to generation. With the emergence of literacy, knowledge and experience in treating illnesses was steadily being recorded in folk medicine manuals, i.e., collections of recipes for the production of remedies and their application. Folk medicine manuals were written in the places where Croats lived from the 14th to the 20th century, and the most preserved ones date back to the 17th and 18th century. These are mostly Cyrillic manuscripts written by Franciscan friars in the Dalmatian area where herbal remedies were most commonly used. Since many remedies in folk medicine are still being used today, it was concluded that folk medicine will not disappear because of its centuries-old tradition and that it, as such, represents an important part of the cultural history of the Croatian people.
Keywords
narodna medicina
praktičari narodne medicine
ljekaruše
recepti narodne medicine
Hrvatska
Keywords (english)
folk medicine
folk medicine practitioners
folk medicine manuals
folk medicine recipes
Croatia
Language croatian
URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:137:390054
Study programme Title: Culture and Tourism Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) kulture i turizma (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) kulture i turizma)
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