van der Geest S
Medical Anthropology Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Soc Sci Med. 1994 Sep;39(5):727-32. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90027-2.
The author reports on two German publications [1,2] about the metaphoric use of medicines in Christian devotional literature and art in German society (16th to 19th century). Christ is depicted as a pharmacist dispensing 'medicines' which contain Christian virtues and symbols.
作者报道了两篇德语出版物[1,2]，内容是关于德国社会（16至19世纪）基督教灵修文学与艺术中药物的隐喻用法。基督被描绘成一名药剂师，正在分发包含基督教美德和象征意义的“药物”。
