Controversial interpretations of the Lorsch medical codex
Klaus‐Dietrich Fischer
Next to the late Heinrich Schipperges, Gundolf Keil, M.D. and Ph.D. (Medieval German), ranks as one of foremost German medical historians Western Middle Ages. Among his lasting merits is publication MS Bamb. med. 1, called by him Lorscher Arzneibuch (Lorsch Medical Manual), which was written during first years 9th century in abbey Lorsch (near Worms). Keil maintained that this work not only book copied German-speaking area but it also drawn up contained e.g. an unequivocal statement Carolingian health policy, referred, for time early Ages, therapeutic uses penicillin, glycosides, hypericin (an active ingredient St John's wort). Such interpretations will be scrutinized challenged following article.
Medizinhistorisches Journal|PubMed