Lijec Vjesn. 2000 Nov-Dec; 122(11-12): 303-5.

[Three therapeutic recipes from the pages of the baptismal record book of the Kastel Parish in Istria]

FatoviÄ-FerenciÄ S, Manin M.

Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zavod za povijest i filozofiju znanosti, Odsjek za povijest medicinskih znanosti, Demetrova 18, 10000 Zagreb.

In Croatian archives a rich collection of registers is preserved. Among the oldest and best-conserved collections of such valuable sources in Europe, are those from the territory of Istria. Investigating these sources we focused our attention on three recipes for treatment of calculi and cuts found on pages of Kastel baptismal's record (1749-1815) in Istria. Similar to other recipes found in various other recipe collections they mirror interlace of folk experience and theurgical views of healing which was detected unexpectedly sometimes on unconventional places, have survived on Croatian territory throughout centuries.