[Artemisia] Judging Cordials

[machay at xmission.com]

I'm not asking about what individual physicians may have recorded but 
rather what documentation exists from 600 to 1600 ce that indicates 
physicians considered clarity an important factor in the efficacy of 
their medications. Such evidence might be from letters or poetry or 
plays or .... Perhaps Lady Constance de la Rose has some observations 
to share, given her achievement a year ago at Estrella War in creating 
period methelin (probably mangled the spelling). I seem to recall her 
extensive documentation addressed the issue at least of taste, if not 
clarity.

Luveday de Saleford (contemplating how difficult it is to express 
exactly what one means using the written medium alone)


Quoting Richard & Florence Evans <rcfaevans at Comcast.net>:

> The material I am referencing belongs to the Honorable Lord Michel 
> von Schonsee, Deputy Guildmaster of the Brewers Guild of the Kingdom 
> of Atlantia.  Michel was my mentor in the area of brewing.  I can 
> certainly contact him for references.
>
> But, perhaps I have misunderstood the question.  Are you asking for 
> evidence that Medieval Doctors, the most literate and educated 
> scientists of the period, wrote down their observations and 
> hypotheses?  This seems to imply that the entire medical community, 
> for 1200 years, taught and communicated from memory and anecdote.  As 
> I said, I may have misunderstood...
>
> Ryryd
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <machay at xmission.com>
> To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Judging Cordials
>
>
>> So where's the evidence/documentation on what doctors in period believed?
>>
>> Luveday de Saleford
>> (looking around for cover because she actually has never before 
>> thought about cordials and judging them)
>>
>>
>> Quoting rcfaevans at comcast.net:
>>
>>> >
>>> Most doctors in Period were fully aware that most of their powders, 
>>> tinctures, cordials and such did nothing.  But, these same doctors 
>>> did understand what is now refered to as the 'Placebo Effect'.  If 
>>> a patient believed that they were getting a medicine, then they 
>>> might get better thinking so.  Doctors understood that if you gave 
>>> a patient some sweet-tasting, muddy colored draught, the patient 
>>> wouldn't believe in it. But, if you gave the patient something that 
>>> tasted horrible but was clear and clean, the patient would believe 
>>> in it.  Thus, clarity is a judging factor.
>>>
>>> (There must be an artisan out there somewhere with an opinion!!!!!)
>>>
>>> Ryryd
>>>
>>> >>
>>>>
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