Fertility, Medicine and the Body
This Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility),
This Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility),
In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be
Drawing upon several chapters of the book: "On the Edge of Eternity. The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and
In this lecture, the art historian Joana Balsa de Pinho sheds light on the institutional transformations that led to changes
The conference will focus on the early modern reception of Galenic pharmacology up to the late seventeenth century.
In this lecture, Jil Muller explores the role that Montagne and Descartes associate with the mesentery, the influence of Montaigne
This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine. Thanks to Santorio Santori’s famous studies with
Building on the latest research findings, this paper proposes to further explore the dialectic between, and the parallel development of,
This lecture explores Johann Schreck Terentius’ medical profile and journeys across Europe which was part of a holistic education in
In this lecture I will explore these questions on the basis of two specific examples: the discussion about the use