Maimonides and the Perfect Physician
Claudio Azzarito discusses the characteristics of the “perfect physician” as they emerge from the medical writings of the 12th-century Jewish
Aristotle’s Theory of Knowledge and Hellenistic Epistemologies
In this lecture, Prof. Harari explains why the account of the principles of demonstration found in the Greek commentary tradition
Delaying Death
This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in
The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered
This lecture focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean.
Welfare Reform and Hospital Architecture in Portugal at the Dawn of Modernity
By the end of the Middle Ages hospitals, of which there were around 19,000 throughout Europe (13th and 14th centuries),
Dioscorides and the Madrake
Some of the plants mentioned by Dioscorides are still used in modern pharmacopoeias. One such plant is the mandrake which
Fertility, Medicine and the Body
This Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility),
At The Roots of 17th-Century Geology
In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be
Surgical Thread in Early Modern Europe
Would you be comfortable with your doctor's uncertainty about whether to suture your wound with silk thread or metallic wire?
The Ages of Man in the Kitāb al-Malakī
The "Kitāb al-Malakī" (or 'Royal Book', KM), written by the Zoroastrian physician ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbas al-Maǧūsī is one of the