The causes of glanders by Greek and Latin veterinaries: flow of humours and flow of breath L’étiologie de la morve équine chez les vétérinaires grecs et latins : flux d’humeur et flux de souffle En Fr

Résumé En Fr

Greek and Latin veterinaries have explained the internal causes of glanders (morbus, μᾶλις, suspirium) with their medical knowledge, mainly because of humoral circulation. The first inventor was Eumelus of Thebes ; he was succeeded on by Apsyrtus, Chiron. In the case of morbus articularis, a paradigmatic variety, the contaminated bile fills up the head, the nostrils, and invades the arteries too, closing breathing (paremptosis). This way the purulent nasal discharge, the striving for breathing (suspirium), spots of farcy (farcimen) filled with sallow liquid, interpreted as evacuation of bile (περίσσωμα, ferisoma), are explained. The study of successive stratum of interpretations (Eumelus, Apsyrtus, Columella, Chiron, Theomnestos) show antiquity of hippiatric texts, which we only read in late compilations.

Examen des textes vétérinaires antiques grecs et latins portant sur la morve équine : traduction et commentaire portant sur les causes de cette maladie telle qu'elle était expliquée dans l'Antiquité ; traitements proposés.