title: LATIN AS A LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIVE STATUS: MEDICINE OF THE 16TH-17TH CENTURIES.
abstract: The research paper is of interdisciplinary nature, written at the crossroads of the history of medicine, functional stylistics and terminology science. The choice of the 16th century as a starting point of the study is due to the fact that quality changes in book and manuscript writing that took place during this period led to unprecedented development and dissemination of scientific knowledge, including biomedical. The 16th century embraces the life and work of such prominent figures in the history of medicine, as Andreas Vesalius, Gabriele Fallopian, Bartolomeo Eustachi, and Girolamo Fracastoro. The 17th century, which is called the century of "scientific revolution", left not less honourable names in the history of medicine - William Harvey, Marcello Malpighi, Thomas Willis, Jean Pecquet, Francis Glisson, Thomas Sydenham. In the context of this study, these prominent figures are interesting due to the fact that their works were written in Latin and constitute the prototypes of modern scientific style, in particular of such genres as thesis, monograph, scientific article, scientific report, polemic presentation, textbook. On the basis of extensive factual material, it has been demonstrated that during 16th-17th centuries, Latin acted as a fully developed language with a clearly oriented international status. As one of basic tools in scientific knowledge, Latin not only performed the epistemological function which was the priority for the development of medicine, but also served as a means of accumulation, reception, transmission and popularization of achievements in various areas of medical science.
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Department of Foreign Languages with Latin Language and Medical Terminology, Poltava, Ukraine.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bieliaieva
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Department of Foreign Languages with Latin Language and Medical Terminology, Poltava, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lysanets
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Department of Foreign Languages with Latin Language and Medical Terminology, Poltava, Ukraine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melaschenko
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history; D006666:History of Medicine; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D007802:Language / Q000266:history*