Medieval Armenian Medicine
A fascinating fresco of Armenian medical culture that unravels the many parallels between East and West.
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
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
Dioscorides and the Madrake
Some of the plants mentioned by Dioscorides are still used in modern pharmacopoeias. One such plant is the mandrake which
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
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
Drinking Water Cures and the Body in 17th-Century Tuscany
Bacon believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medical faculties of
Roger Bacon on Prolongation of Life
Bacon believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medical faculties of
Albert the Great and the Configuration of the Embryo
In the 13th century, ‘embryology’ as a specific branch of biology did not exist, and the study of the configuration
Medical Notes on Agresto
This post explores Agresto, an acidic substance obtained from boiling and subsequent pressing of "unripe grapes", which was used in