A relevance perspective of promising in medical utilitarian texts of the earl y modern english period. / Númber 5 / / Elena Quintana Toledo.
Medical recipes written before the birth of modern scientific writing, at least as we know it today, are frequently characterised by the inclusion of expressions aimed at validating the efficacy of the remedies. These expressions have been traditionally considered as promises of efficacy. This resea...
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