Distilling Bodies
This talk shows how Thurneisser's analogy between bodily and technical processes offered a new and lucrative diagnostic technique that changed
Astrology in University Disputations
By looking at a variety of case studies, this lecture will explore how astrology figured in disputations in several early
Renaissance Physiognomics of Food
By highlighting the body's role as a channel for affecting the soul, this lecture situates Della Porta's dietary recommendations within
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
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
Rethinking Vesalius
In this talk, Vivian Nutton explores some of the consequences of these discoveries for our understanding of Vesalius and his
Knowledge, Experiment, and Practical Advice
In this Santorio Lecture, Marsha Wubbels explores eighteenth-century physicians’ efforts to popularise measuring as a health practice.
The Shaping of Psychosomatics in the Latin West
In this Santorio Lecture, Tamar Nadav examines how 12th-century physicians’ notions of embodiment become more intricate and more oriented towards the
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