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From Body to Soul: Mental Disorders in Hildegard of Bingen’s “Cause et Cure” by Giulia Guidara
onlineThe Cause et cure of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) is both a cosmological text and a medical handbook. This double aspect, so to speak, of the work is not surprising: in medieval Europe, human beings and nature are deeply interconnected. As the title Cause et cure suggests, most of the work focuses on the causes and natural treatment of…
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Anna Margaretha Wiedemann: a Healing Woman and her Patients in Early Modern Frankfurt by Jana Schreiber
onlineIn 1670, a conflict between Frankfurt surgeons and the healer Anna Margaretha Wiedemann broke out. The surviving sources offer deep insights into the practice of women healers in the early modern period, who treated their patients, competing with male doctors and barbers. In addition to statements by Wiedemann and the surgeons, there are numerous testimonies…
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Cesalpino and Aristotelian Science. The Transformation of Medical Botany in the 16th Century by Quentin Hiernaux & Corentin Tresnie
onlineIn 1583 the Italian botanist and physician Andrea Cesalpino (1524–1603) published De Plantis Libri XVI, considered to be the first treatise where botany is treated independently from medicine. In so doing, he broke with a long tradition inherited in Western science from Antiquity and perpetuated during the Middle Ages through the early Renaissance. At the…
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Female Seeds, Powers, and Bodies: Albert the Great and the Vegetal Sexuality by Amalia Cerrito
onlineThe 13th-century Dominican master Albert the Great extensively discusses vegetal sexuality. While animals reproduce through the mating of female and male individuals, plants lack a sexual distinction, reproducing through seeds that contain all necessary conditions for plant generation. Furthermore, the primary paternal and maternal functions, such as fertilization, generative material provision, and nourishment during development,…
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BSHM Webinar and Poynter Lecture: Infiltrating the Curriculum: A Historian’s Tales from the Medical Trench
onlineOn Monday 28 October 2024 the British Society for the History of Medicine (BSHM) organises a Webinar and Poynter Lecture. The 2024 BSHM Webinar will begin at 5pm (UK) with contributions from three invited speakers: Inside the Medical World of Stalin’s Gulag - Dan Healey Dan Healey is an expert on the social and cultural…
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Webinar: Problematising prophylaxis: Tuberculosis and the BCG vaccine in American Colonial Philippines
onlineExamination of contested views on effective tuberculosis prevention in the American Colonial Philippines. This presentation explores the contested views on effective tuberculosis prevention in the American Colonial Philippines. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of tuberculosis prevention, as well as the broader history of colonial medicine. From the mid to…
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Webinar: Women’s Reproductive Lives in Renaissance Italian Lyric Poetry – Shannon McHugh
onlineWomen's Ideas in the History of Medicine Fertility, Maternity, and Reproduction - 2025 Webinars Series Organised by Jil Muller & Fabrizio Bigotti. Organised in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists – University of Paderborn, this series seeks to understand the role of women in the history of medicine by…
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Webinar: Coptic Medicine and its Remedies Exploring an Ancient Pharmacopoea – Mona Sawy
onlineCoptic Medicine and its Remedies Exploring an Ancient Pharmacopoea This talk delves into the pharmacopoeia of ancient Egypt as preserved and practiced by the Copts, who have inherited and adapted a rich medical tradition that dates back to the time of the pharaohs. This exploration will uncover the various medicaments used in Coptic medicine, including…
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Webinar: Fluids as Dynamic and Organic Forces. Medical knowledge in Oliva Sabuco de Nantes – Karin Durin
onlineWomen's Ideas in the History of Medicine Fertility, Maternity, and Reproduction - 2025 Webinars Series Organised by Jil Muller & Fabrizio Bigotti. Organised in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists – University of Paderborn, this series seeks to understand the role of women in the history of medicine by…
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Webinar: A History of Breastfeeding: Its Iconography and Medical Importance – Viktorya Vasilyan
onlineWomen's Ideas in the History of Medicine Fertility, Maternity, and Reproduction - 2025 Webinars Series Organised by Jil Muller & Fabrizio Bigotti. Organised in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists – University of Paderborn, this series seeks to understand the role of women in the history of medicine by…
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Webinar: Pregnant Women’s Wellbeing in Jane Sharp’s “The Midwives’ Book” (1671) – Martina Guzzetti
onlineWomen's Ideas in the History of Medicine Fertility, Maternity, and Reproduction - 2025 Webinars Series Organised by Jil Muller & Fabrizio Bigotti. Organised in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists – University of Paderborn, this series seeks to understand the role of women in the history of medicine by…
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Mercantile Cultures of Health Hygiene and Commerce in the Late-Medieval Zibaldoni (Webinar)
onlineMercantile Cultures of Health Hygiene and Commerce in the Late-Medieval «Zibaldoni» Massimo Sbarbaro 22 July 2025 – 5 PM (CEST) In the late Middle Ages, merchants were not solely engaged in the trade of textiles, spices, and finances—they were also key transmitters and practitioners of medical knowledge. This lecture explores the deep entanglement between commerce…