Twins and Nobility in the Middle Ages
Is nobility an innate virtue or not? In their respective reflections on nobility and individual differences, Dante and Cecco d’Ascoli invoke the
Is nobility an innate virtue or not? In their respective reflections on nobility and individual differences, Dante and Cecco d’Ascoli invoke the
This talk will discuss the issues surrounding the identification of medical practitioners and how registers could be used to analyse
This talk explores metabolism as concept of history of biology, using it as starting point for the exploration of a
Is it possible to discern what is concealed within the human soul through what is outwardly manifest? This lecture will
This talk delves into the pharmacopoeia of ancient Egypt as preserved and practiced by the Copts, who have inherited and
This talk will present the results of research in progress into the role of the Venice’s Health Office in monitoring
This talk shows how Thurneisser's analogy between bodily and technical processes offered a new and lucrative diagnostic technique that changed
By looking at a variety of case studies, this lecture will explore how astrology figured in disputations in several early
By highlighting the body's role as a channel for affecting the soul, this lecture situates Della Porta's dietary recommendations within
This lecture aims to examine how illness is represented in a collection of legends surrounding the foundation of Italian Marian