Rosskur
A horse cure (also horse cure ) is understood today in colloquial language as a medical treatment with the help of rough methods or controversial and drastic means. In Grimm's dictionary it says that the Rosskur is a daring cure with monstrous means . The English expression for this type of treatment kill-or-cure remedy (German: “kill or remedy”) clearly shows the alternatives.
In the Middle Ages , the blacksmith and especially the standard smith also had the duties of a veterinarian and was responsible for treating sick horses . However, he was also able to practice the trade of a bath and use it to carry out so-called simple surgery methods on people. Since the farrier treated the bits of sick horses, he was often used by humans for toothache. The expression Rosskur goes back to the rabid tooth extraction of the time.
Other meanings
In a figurative sense, the term Rosskur is also used for other drastic or radical measures to remedy an issue, such as renovations or household refurbishments.
Web links
- Bärbel Schwertfeger: Rosskur in Old Indian. In: Stern July 22, 2005 - website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden. Special edition f. Schools. 22nd edition. 2001
- ↑ Rosskur. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893, Sp. 1267 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Helmut Caspar: Roßkur for the old Fritz . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 3, 1998, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 72-75 ( luise-berlin.de ).
- ^ Klaus Hartung : Berlin. Rosskur in a deck chair . In: Die Zeit , No. 31/2003