{"id":27375,"date":"2022-05-10T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/?p=27375"},"modified":"2022-05-10T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:19:59","slug":"culito-de-rana-los-remedios-mas-estramboticos-en-tiempos-de-enfermedad-libertad-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/culito-de-rana-los-remedios-mas-estramboticos-en-tiempos-de-enfermedad-libertad-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Culito de rana&#8217;, los remedios m\u00e1s estramb\u00f3ticos en tiempos de enfermedad | Libertad Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Andr\u00e9s Amor\u00f3s recomienda este curioso libro de Miguel \u00c1ngel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, lleno de an\u00e9cdotas hist\u00f3ricas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/photo-1636721174787-850cf30bc35ejpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/photo-1636721174787-850cf30bc35ejpg.jpg 954w, https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/photo-1636721174787-850cf30bc35ejpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/photo-1636721174787-850cf30bc35ejpg-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><figcaption>Utensilios usados en tratamientos |\u00a0Unsplash\/Romina Mosquera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">ANDR\u00c9S AMOR\u00d3S \/ LIBERTAD DIGITAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Culito de rana. Remedios m\u00e1gicos en tiempos de enfermedad<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(Modus operandi) recuerda algunos de los estramb\u00f3ticos tratamientos a los que recurr\u00edan nuestros abuelos o bisabuelos para recuperar la salud y en los que, hoy en d\u00eda, algunos a\u00fan conf\u00edan.&nbsp;<strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<\/strong>&nbsp;(And\u00fajar), periodista de divulgaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica, repasa tambi\u00e9n la transformaci\u00f3n de las farmacias en aquellos tiempos y c\u00f3mo convivieron las sanguijuelas, las sangr\u00edas, los amuletos, la leche de burra o fumar (sobre todo cigarrillos de hach\u00eds o marihuana contra el asma y la tuberculosis) con las bebidas energ\u00e9ticas de entonces: vinos con quina, coca, h\u00edgado de bacalao o sesos de cobaya y ternero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Covid ha llevado a Miguel \u00c1ngel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez a recordar c\u00f3mo se combatieron otras pandemias hist\u00f3ricas. Cita como el presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump<strong>&nbsp;defendi\u00f3 beber o inyectarse cloro&nbsp;<\/strong>como remedio frente al Covid. Maduro asegur\u00f3 que hab\u00eda que tomar un combinado de plantas, L\u00f3pez Obrador dijo que hab\u00eda que llevar estampitas para defenderse y Johny Lescano apost\u00f3 por&nbsp;<strong>beber sal y aguardiente.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este libro contiene mucha informaci\u00f3n documentada sobre&nbsp;<strong>pr\u00e1cticas seudomedicinales pintorescas<\/strong>. Por evitar notas a pie de p\u00e1gina, da referencias bibliogr\u00e1ficas en el texto haci\u00e9ndolo m\u00e1s pesado y tiene una estructura algo dispersa. Sin embargo, da m\u00e1s de lo que el t\u00edtulo promete: brujas, amuletos, supersticiones&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El autor viaja al origen de las medicinas. Habla de plantas (las peon\u00edas o la ruda) y de animales (ranas fritas, sanguijuelas, tortugas, gal\u00e1pagos, ara\u00f1as). Por ejemplo, recuerda como la cant\u00e1rida, un escarabajo molido que es conocido como la viagra natural, fue la causa de la muerte de&nbsp;<strong>Fernando el Cat\u00f3lico<\/strong>. (P\u00e1g. 213).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De los humanos, se ha utilizado con un uso medicinal<strong>&nbsp;sangre, heces, orina, menstruo o grasa humana<\/strong>. De ah\u00ed viene el \u00absacamantecas\u00bb. Hubo una \u00e9poca en la que se usaron momias embalsamadas con bet\u00fan de Judea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n aparecen una serie de personajes, algunos desconocidos, como Giovanni Belzoni, un egipt\u00f3logo del siglo XVIII, que protagonizaba un espect\u00e1culos de forzudo en Madrid en 1814 (p\u00e1g. 94); o Voronoff, que, hacia 1914, trasplant\u00f3 huesos, ovarios, tiroides. Lleg\u00f3 a inyectar jugo de test\u00edculos de mono de su cuadra en Liguria (p\u00e1g. 237)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otro personaje curioso es el curandero Jos\u00e9 Luis Torrado, conocido como&nbsp;<em>O Bruxo<\/em>, abri\u00f3 un gimnasio en Zaragoza y se convirti\u00f3 en un famoso cuidador de atletas de renombre. Fraga pas\u00f3 por sus manos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En conclusi\u00f3n, es un libro que recoge muchas an\u00e9cdotas hist\u00f3ricas curios\u00edsimas, aunque est\u00e1 algo desordenado. Explica como ante la angustia de la enfermedad, buscamos caminos para escapar. Afecta a m\u00e9dicos, farmac\u00e9uticos y enfermos reales o imaginarios: ah\u00ed estamos todos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MIGUEL \u00c1NGEL ORD\u00d3\u00d1EZ: \u00abCULITO DE RANA. Remedios m\u00e1gicos en tiempos de enfermedad\u00bb, Madrid, ed. Modus Operandi, 2022, 349 p\u00e1gs, 20 euros. 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