Popular Diseases and Thaumaturgic Specialisations
This lecture aims to examine how illness is represented in a collection of legends surrounding the foundation of Italian Marian
Non-Human Animals and Ancient Medicine
This lecture examines Ambroise Paré's pioneering contributions to surgery, including treatments for gunshot wounds and post-wound infections.
Demons, Imagination and Mental Illness
In this lecture, Manuel Huth discusses the development of the "phantasia" discourse and how it lead to a rationalization of
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
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
Gastroscience in Rabelais
By exploring and commenting on some Galenic loci in Rabelais' "Gargantua and Pantagruel" (c. 1532-1564), Guido Giglioni uncovers the role
Medicine in Colonial Mexico
In this lecture, Paula De Vos explores the interaction of Galenic medicine and indegenous knowledge by analysing a series of
Ambroise Paré and his Context
This lecture examines Ambroise Paré's pioneering contributions to surgery, including treatments for gunshot wounds and post-wound infections.
Women’s Ideas in the History of Medicine
This series explores women's contributions to various medically relevant fields and practices such as natural philosophy, household remedies, plant manipulation