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
Sweat it Out!
This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine. Thanks to Santorio Santori’s famous studies with
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,
Early 17th-Century Physicians and the Peregrinatio Academica
This lecture explores Johann Schreck Terentius’ medical profile and journeys across Europe which was part of a holistic education in
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 Universe on Paper
The exhibition will display a fine selection of drawings produced by distinguished artist Linda Karshan (Minneapolis, 1947) over various periods
Measuring the Intensity of Diseases
In this lecture, Fabrizio Bigotti analyses how the problem of the intensity of forces is taken over in medicine and
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