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| Ambroise Paré and His Context |
Mapping the Territory of a Renasissance Surgeon |
Webinar: 10 September 2024 - 5 Pm (CET) |
Known for introducing the use of ligatures to stop bleeding during amputations and advocating for more humane treatment of battlefield injuries, Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) was a royal surgeon to several French kings. This lecture will discuss Paré’s innovations and how they were influenced by the medical and cultural environment of 16th-century France. |
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| Medicine on the Margins of Colonial Mexico |
Galenic Pharmacy in Home-Made Remedies |
Webinar: 30 September 2024 - 5 Pm (CEST) |
In this talk, Professor Paula de Vos examines the impact of colonialism on medical practices and public health from the 16th to the 20th century. The lecture will explore how colonial powers implemented Western medicine in colonised regions, altered indigenous health systems, and introduced new diseases, as well as the ethical and social implications of these changes. |
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| The Wonders of Gastroscience in Rabelais |
A Few Galenic Salvos from the Renaissance |
Webinar: 8 October 2024 - 5 Pm (CEST) |
The lecture examines how François Rabelais’ writings reflect the medical knowledge and practices of his time, particularly in relation to digestive health and the concept of "gastroscience." It will highlight Rabelais’ contributions to early modern understandings of the digestive system and his influence on the development of medical and literary thought. |
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| The Human Body According to al-Farabi |
An Image of the Cosmos and a Model for the Virtuous City |
Webinar: 22 October 2024 - 5 pm (CEST) |
Al-Farabi explored the physiology of the human body as part of the relationship between physics and medicine. In Principles of the Opinions of the Inhabitants of the Perfect City, however, he considers the body into a comsological and political perspective. This lecture will introduce al-Fārābī’s ideas on the symbolic meaning of the body through commented readings of his works . |
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| Stories of Medics and Medicine |
A One-Day Conference in Memory of Giuseppe Ongaro (1936-2023) |
27 September 2024 - 9.30 am (CEST) University of Padua, Sala delle Edicole |
This event honours the medical historian Giuseppe Ongaro (1936-2023) with a one-day conference dedicated to exploring his multifaceted legacy in the history of medicine. Co-organised with the Centro per la Storia dell’Università di Padova and the Studio Firmano, with sponsorship from the Accademia Galileiana, it will host a series of established and early career scholars alongside PhD students. |
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Elixirs, Medicinal Waters, Precious Stones in Alchemy and Medicine |
The conference explores the historical use of various alchemical processes and remedies within the cultural and intellectual context of pre-modern Europe. It focuses particularly on medical alchemy, whose ultimate goal was to create the elixir, a universal remedy capable of curing all diseases. The conference features a presentation of Catalan databases on alchemy and delves into the many facets of experimentalism in alchemy and medicine. |
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Narratio in Medicine and the Law |
Interpretative and Scientific Knowledge in Medical and Medico-Legal Case Histories from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period |
This VivaMente Conference explores the intersections of narrative, rhetorical persuasion, and factual evidence in medical and medico-legal case histories from Antiquity to the Renaissance focusing on the longue durée development of medical and medico-legal consilia. It will allow participants to analyse both the historical development of medical and medico-legal consilia and the complex relationships between medicine, rhetoric, and law at key historical moments.
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Leibniz on the Organisation of Life & the Structure of Ideal Societies |
Listen to Audrey Borowski discussing the visionary ideas of Gottfried Whilelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) who envisaged a rich metaphysics of life which designed according to a divine calculus. |
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Drinking Water for Health in the Early Modern Period |
The story of the analyses of the “qualities of waters” that were carried out in the Early Modern period is yet to be written, especially for plain or ordinary waters. Enjoy this insightful lecture whereby David Gentilcore uncovers the multifacted everyday uses of plain water. |
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Galen on Nutrition and Diet in the Roman Empire |
In this lecture, Prof. John Wilkins explores Galen's treatises on Foods and Juices, and devles into his theory of the ‘similarity’ or ‘appropriateness’ of a food to the human body: the more of these qualities are supplied, the more readily the body will be able to transform them into blood and energy. |
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Cesalpino and Aristotelian Science |
Cesalpino's work is a precious testimony to the evolution of botanical and physiological knowledge in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and illustrates the role of Aristotelian philosophy in 16th-century science. |
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WOMEN'S IDEAS TALK SERIES |
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Missed one of the Women's Ideas lecture series? No problem! Catch up with the recordings below. |
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Mental Disorders in Hildegard of Bingen’s "Cause et Cure" |
| A Healing Woman and her Patients in Early Modern Frankfurt
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| Margaret Cavendish and the Medical Establishment |
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Animal Ingredients in17th-Century Household Medicine |
| Albert the Great and the Vegetal Sexuality |
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PSMEMM - Latest Publications |
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| Dante and the Sciences of the Human |
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| Andreas Vesalius and his Fabrica |
Vivian Nutton Available for Pre-Order |
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| Hylomorphism into Pieces: Element, Atoms, and Corpuscles |
Nicola Polloni and Sylvain Roudaut
Available for Pre-Order |
| | The Quantification of Life and Health from the 16th to the 19th century |
Simone Guidi & Joaquim Braga |
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Congratulations to Serena Mambriani, 2024 Santorio Global Fellow, who will spending a research sojourn at Yale University where she will explore the intersections and clash between Galenic and alchemical medicine and their impact on physician training in Seventeenth and Eighteenth century. This project promises to shed new light on the historical development of medical education. |
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FORMA FLUENS: Histories of the Microcosm |
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Renaissance Uses of Melon's Seeds |
In this article Giovanna Zipoli explores the medicinal and culinary uses of melon seeds and milk during the Renaissance, detailing recipes and health benefits documented by physicians and agronomists of the era. |
| "Physica Colonialis" in New Granada |
This article examines the various debates on natural philosophy that were promoted in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and have survived in the form of dictated professorial notes. |
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© Arbor: Knowledge That Grows CSMBR Newsletter Cover image: Monumental Planispheric Astrolabe Punjab, Lahore ca. 1648–58 Accession no: SCI 53 The Khalili Collections, London. |
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