Gemelli Benedino
Med Ges Gesch Beih. 2007;29:67-77, 261.
It was common practice between the 16th and the 18th c. to submit a clinical case to a physician whose renown and prestige were generally acknowledged even outside academic circles. Patients could normally gain access to Antonio Vallisneri, who was then a famous physician, through their own physician. Vallisneri was regularly engaged in writing consultations and sending them by post, an activity which gave way to a peculiar kind of writing both in style and language level. The patient and his illness are the object of minute descriptions in order to secure an effective therapy. One of the best therapies, nevertheless, seems to be the written communication itself, written by the physician for the patient, which possibly reassured the patient that the best possible therapeutic measures were being taken in order help to retrieve his or her health.
在16世纪至18世纪期间，将临床病例提交给一位即使在学术界之外其声誉和威望也普遍得到认可的医生是常见的做法。患者通常可以通过自己的医生联系到当时著名的医生安东尼奥·瓦利斯内里。瓦利斯内里经常撰写会诊意见并通过邮寄发送，这种活动在风格和语言层面都产生了一种独特的写作方式。为了确保有效的治疗，患者及其病情会被详细描述。然而，最好的治疗方法之一似乎是医生为患者撰写的书面交流内容，这可能让患者放心，即正在采取尽可能好的治疗措施来帮助恢复健康。
