From Dangerous Drug to Miraculous Medicine
In the early modern period, the consideration opium underwent a theoretical change that made it more easily usable in everyday
Participant’s experience: 2023 Summer School
At the CSMBR we value deeply the experience and comfort of our delegates and we never lose sight of the
Welfare Reform and Hospital Architecture in Portugal at the Dawn of Modernity
By the end of the Middle Ages hospitals began to manifest the symptoms of an institutional crisis. This situation will
Santorio Global Fellows
In this page you can find the current and past recipients of the Santorio Global Fellowship
Education, Pre-Eugenics, and the Brain in Huarte’s “Examen De Ingenios”
How did Galenism influence education, politics, and professional selection up to the late 17th century? A relevant and clear-cut source
Miraculous Healings
In this talk, Marco Papasidero focuses specifically on the thaumaturgical remedies used by devotees to cure their illnesses with the
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
Silk thread or metallic wire? This article focuses on the figure of Johann Rhode (1587-1659), a Danish philologist and physician