Borraccini Martha, Marinini Matteo, Riva Michele Augusto
School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jul;167(1):109-111. doi: 10.1177/01945998211073056. Epub 2022 Jan 11.
The anatomic and medical knowledge of people throughout history is unexpectedly evident in some of the poems and texts written by intellectuals of the time. This article attempts to understand the conception of laryngology in the Middle Ages by analyzing the , written by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) at the beginning of the 14th century. In the text, Dante mentions the throat several times. He recognizes that the larynx has the dual functions of allowing respiration (dead souls recognize that the poet is alive through movement of his throat when breathing) and speech (souls with their throat cut cannot speak). However, Dante does not seem to know of the existence of vocal cords, thinking that it is the tongue that allows for word formation. In general, Dante's poem indicates that the anatomy and function of the throat were known during the medieval period, although this knowledge was not precise.
纵观历史，当时知识分子所写的一些诗歌和文本中意外地体现出了人们的解剖学和医学知识。本文试图通过分析意大利诗人但丁·阿利吉耶里（1265 - 1321）于14世纪初所写的[此处原文缺失具体文本名称]来了解中世纪的喉科学概念。在该文本中，但丁多次提及喉咙。他认识到喉部具有呼吸（当诗人呼吸时，死去的灵魂通过他喉咙的运动认出他还活着）和言语（喉咙被割破的灵魂无法说话）这两种功能。然而，但丁似乎不知道声带的存在，认为是舌头负责形成词语。总体而言，但丁的诗歌表明中世纪时期人们已经了解喉咙的解剖结构和功能，尽管这种认识并不精确。
