Early Modern Thaumaturgical Practices
This article examines the accounts of miracles attributed to Saint Angelo of Licata, detailing the testimonies of people who suffered
Snow, Health and Death in Florence
The article sheds light on the practice of storing winter’s snow and ice for consumption, focusing especially on Renaissance Florence.
Cosmological Resonances of Bodily Fluids
The article explores the life and works of the Portuguese physician Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro, and especially his 'De meteoris
Body, World and Theater
The article offers new insights into the Renaissance system of analogies between the theaters of memory and the anatomical theaters.
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