The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered
This paper focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean.
Paduan Physicians and Heretics
The case study presented will challenge current views by presenting disturbing evidence of foreign London residents having to join English
Persuasive Arguments in Galen’s Physiology
In this lecture I will explore these questions on the basis of two specific examples: the discussion about the use
Landascape Drawing, Anthopomorphism and the Female Body in Renaissance Switzerland
This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine.
The Universe on Paper. The Art of Linda Karshan
The exhibition will display a fine selection of drawings produced by distinguished artist Linda Karshan (Minneapolis, 1947) over various periods
Sweat it Out!
This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine. Thanks to Santorio Santori’s famous studies with
Imagining and Experiencing the Great Pox in Renaissance Florence
Building on the approaches and findings of recent studies of early modern England, Germany and Spain, this lecture will compare the
The Actualisation of the Ideal Human in the Works of Roger Bacon
In this Santorio Lecture, Meagan Allen examines how Bacon incorporated the centuries-old tradition of the physical resurrection body into his
From Automata to Transhumans
This edition of the Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas intends to shed new light on the early modern origins of
The Medical World of Margaret Cavendish
In this lecture, we describe our newly published edition and commentary on Nottingham MS Pw V90: a manuscript collection of recipes and