Sacred disease - morbus sacer (Latin)

Japanese: 神聖病 - しんせいびょう(英語表記)morbus sacer[ラテン]
Sacred disease - morbus sacer (Latin)
A colloquial name for epilepsy, which was widespread in ancient Greece and Rome. It was given this name because the sudden collapse and whole-body convulsions were interpreted as "the result of the will of God" from the magical worldview of the time, and in fact purification and prayer were widely used as treatments. Hippocrates famously criticized this, saying, "This disease is not particularly divine or holy, but arises from natural causes" (On the Sacred Disease). [Miyamoto Tadao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
古代ギリシア・ローマで広く流布していた癲癇(てんかん)の俗称。とつぜん倒れて全身が痙攣(けいれん)する発作を,当時の呪術的世界観から〈神の意思が働いて生じたもの〉と解釈したのでこの名があり,実際その治療法としては浄(きよ)めや祈禱が幅をきかせていた。これに対してヒッポクラテスが〈この病気はとくに神的でも聖なるものでもなく,自然の原因で起こる〉(《神聖病について》)と批判したのは有名である。【宮本 忠雄】

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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