The Cold Female Body in Oliva Sabuco
Long regarded as an exceptional voice in early modern thought, Oliva Sabuco is revisited by Jil Müller, who reconstructs her
Leprosy in the Medieval Mediterranean
In this lecture, Dr Anna Gili examines the treatment of leprosy in the Kitāb al-Malakī, offering new insights into medieval
Medical Alchemy and the Antichrist
This talk focuses on Rupescissa's pharmacological work, "De famulatu philosophie" (1351-1352) and repositions his thought in the context of his
Hospital Architecture in Portugal at the Dawn of Modernity
In this lecture, the art historian Joana Balsa de Pinho sheds light on the institutional transformations that led to changes
Melancholy and Fever in the Early Modern Period
In this lecture, Jil Muller explores the role that Montagne and Descartes associate with the mesentery, the influence of Montaigne
Poisoning and Suspicious Deaths in the Classical World
Building on the latest research findings, this paper proposes to further explore the dialectic between, and the parallel development of,
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
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
Going Beyond Weight-Watchers
In this talk, Fabrizio Bigotti and Jonathan Barry discuss the contribution that the Venetian physician Santorio Santori (1561-1636) made to
Between Trust and Controversy
In this lecture, Michael Stolberg will focus on a major aspect of Renaissance learned medicine by looking at the interactions