The Autopsy of the Prophet Muhammad in Dante's Inferno.

Autopsy Humans Literature Punishment Religion and Medicine
Autopsy Dante Muhammad

Journal

Journal of religion and health
ISSN: 1573-6571
Titre abrégé: J Relig Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985199R

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 6 11 2018
medline: 28 8 2020
entrez: 5 11 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Dante places the sinners who promoted scandals, schism, and discord in the ninth Ditch of the Inferno. Among those is also the Prophet Muhammad. Describing the Prophet's punishment, Dante resorts to technical terms and vulgar expressions. This poetic representation highlights Dante's medical and anatomical knowledge and reflects 14th c. Christian religious beliefs. At that time, autopsies were performed only on prisoners, prostitutes and people without identity. By comparing the Prophet to an autopsied corpse, Dante associates Muhammad with those bearing the badge of shame. Moreover, this description is a further confirmation that Dante had good medical knowledge.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0725-9 PMID: 30392110
pubmed: 30392110
doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0725-9
pii: 10.1007/s10943-018-0725-9
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1838-1842

Auteurs

D Lippi (D)

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

P Charlier (P)

Section of Medical and Forensic Anthropology (UVSQ DANTE Laboratory EA 4498), Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France.
Département de Consultations et de Santé Publique/Unité Sanitaire (Hôpital Max Fourestier/Maison d'Arrêt des Hauts-de-Seine), Nanterre, France.
Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris, France.

R Bianucci (R)

Legal Medicine Section, Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Microbiology and Infection Division, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
UMR 7268, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Etique & Santé (Adés), Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France.

A Coralli (A)

Distretto Alto Isontino, Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria Bassa Friulana - Isontina, Gorizia, Italy.

O Appenzeller (O)

New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, 361 Big Horn Ridge Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

A Perciaccante (A)

Dipartimento di Medicina, Ospedale "San Giovanni di Dio", via Fatebenefratelli, 34, 34170, Gorizia, Italy. antonioperciaccante@libero.it.

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Sciences sociales › Criminologie › Sciences légales › Médecine légale › Autopsie › The Autopsy of the Prophet Muhammad in Dante's Inferno.
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