The Medicine of Merchants
Through an analysis of trade manuals, personal notebooks (zibaldoni), and family records, Massimo Sbarbaro illustrates how merchants were not only
Twins and Nobility in the Middle Ages
Is nobility an innate virtue or not? In their respective reflections on nobility and individual differences, Dante and Cecco d’Ascoli invoke the
Medical Practitioners in Early Modern England
This talk will discuss the issues surrounding the identification of medical practitioners and how registers could be used to analyse
The Language of the Universal Cure
This article traces how seventeenth-century Naples became a crucible for alchemical debate over the elusive language of the universal cure.
Galen on the Question of Metabolism
This talk explores metabolism as concept of history of biology, using it as starting point for the exploration of a
Avicenna on Signed-Based Inferences
Is it possible to discern what is concealed within the human soul through what is outwardly manifest? This lecture will
Coptic Medicine and its Remedies
This talk delves into the pharmacopoeia of ancient Egypt as preserved and practiced by the Copts, who have inherited and
Water Quality in Early Modern European Cities
This talk will present the results of research in progress into the role of the Venice’s Health Office in monitoring
Women’s Ideas in the History of Medicine
This series explores women's contributions to various medically relevant fields and practices such as natural philosophy, household remedies, plant manipulation
Medical Education in Europe (1350-1750)
This conference explores the creation and dissemination of medical knowledge in late medieval and early modern Europe within established and