Medicine in the Homeric World
From battlefield wounds to divine remedies, this article explores the Iliad's earliest depictions of physicians, surgery, and drugs in ancient
Renaissance Physiognomics of Food
By highlighting the body's role as a channel for affecting the soul, this lecture situates Della Porta's dietary recommendations within
Knowledge, Experiment, and Practical Advice
In this Santorio Lecture, Marsha Wubbels explores eighteenth-century physicians’ efforts to popularise measuring as a health practice.
The Shaping of Psychosomatics in the Latin West
In this Santorio Lecture, Tamar Nadav examines how 12th-century physicians’ notions of embodiment become more intricate and more oriented towards the
Ole Borch on Indigenous Plants
The article explores Ole Borch's work "De usu plantarum indigenarum in medicina" (1690) and how his emphasis on indigenous plants
Risks and Benefits of Ice-Cold Drinks
By analysing the rhetorical strategies in the cold drinking debate, this lecture shows that physicians used knowledge of global environments
Galen on Contagion and Material Imagination
This lecture explores Galen’s theories on contagion and how he conceptualised the movement of illness through physical interactions and the
Follow your Heart but Heed your Brain
In this article, Leonardo Graciotti explores Pietro Pomponazzi’s pivotal role in the Renaissance debate on sense perception, examining his challenge
The Human Body according to al-Farabi
Like the cosmos, the healthy human body displays a hierarchical organization, a model for the political order of the virtuous
Narratio in Medicine and the Law
This VivaMente Conference investigates the relationship between narrative, rhetorical persuasion, and factual evidence in medical and medico-legal case-histories.