Future Events / Online LecturesThis lecture examines Ambroise Paré’s pioneering contributions to surgery, including treatments for gunshot wounds and post-wound infections.16/07/2024
Conferences and Webinars / Events / Future EventsThis event honours the late Prof. Giuseppe Ongaro (1936-2023) with a one-day conference dedicated to exploring his multifaceted legacy in the history of medicine.27/09/2024
Future Events / Online LecturesIn this lecture, Paula De Vos explores the interaction of Galenic medicine and indegenous knowledge by analysing a series of texts of “rustic medicine” containing recipes for home-made pharmaceutical remedies that could be prepared in places “where there is no pharmacy”.30/09/2024
Conferences and Webinars / Events / Future EventsThis conference explores the use of alchemical remedies and processes in the cultural and intellectual context of pre-modern Europe, focusing especially on medical alchemy, whose ultimate goal was to create the elixir, a universal remedy capable of curing all diseases.22/10/2024
Future Events / VivaMente ConferencesThis VivaMente Conference investigates the relationship between narrative, rhetorical persuasion, and factual evidence in medical and medico-legal case-histories.24/10/2024