title: ["Because the mole sometimes shows itself" argumentative structures in Hildegard von Bingen 'causeae et curae'].
abstract: The paper examines the didactic strategies in Hildegard von Bingen's 'Causae et curae'. Based on her self-developed, complicated concept of primary qualities, elements, and body fluids, she connects cosmic processes with physical activities and disease patterns. Hildegard combines an allopathic and a homoeopathic approach and, as an attentive observer of nature, she looks upon everyday situations as signatures of healing. Hildegard's imagination in analogy and comparison constitutes a specific quality of her medical advice.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Karl-Sudhoff-Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften, Käthe-Kollwitz-Str. 82, D-04109 Leipzig.
authors.forename: Ortrun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Riha
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000266:history*