THE MUSE OF THE LENS. Microscopes, Telescopes and Poetic Imagination in 17th- & 18th-Century England In the seventeenth century, human vision was technologically enhanced with the invention of the telescope and then of the microscope. …
"Paduan Physicians and Heretics: Confessional Mobility and Intelligence in Elizabethan London" Padua-trained physicians were highly sought-after in Elizabethan England. The prestige of the University was such that it attracted the best and brightest from all …
Until recently, the name of Santorio Santori (Sanctorius, 1561-1636) was linked to the practice of self-experimentation and weight-watching. Yet the Venetian physician went well beyond that, and can rightly be considered the founding father of …
"THE MEDICAL WORLD OF MARGARET CAVENDISH. Findings and Discoveries from the Mansuscript Pw V90" In this lecture, we describe our newly published edition and commentary on Nottingham MS Pw V90: a manuscript collection of recipes …
PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS IN GALEN'S PHYSIOLOGY Galen believes that some issues in physiological research can be settled with certainty, for example the question of where in the body resides the ruling faculty of the soul. Other …
The War of Torments: Imagining and Experiencing the Great Pox in Renaissance Italy The epidemic of the Great Pox had a profound impact on many aspects of early modern European society. In contrast to plague, …
"Sweat it Out! Insensible Perspiration in the Eighteenth Century" Ruben Verwaal Tuesday, December 6, 2022 | 11:00am–12:00pm CT This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine. Thanks to Santorio Santori’s …
The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered: The Materiality of Quarantine in Early Modern Mediterranean This talk focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean. Quarantine and quarantine centres (also called "lazzaretti" in …
Measuring the Intensity of Diseases: Notes and Discoveries on the Invention of Precision Instruments Fabrizio Bigotti Abstract: Since antiquity, the need to assess the intensity of diseases was taken seriously in medical practice. Insofar as …
"Early 17th-Century Physicians and the 'Peregrinatio Academica': The case of J. Schreck Terentius" Johann Schreck, born in Bingen (Baden-Württemberg) was educated as a physician in Freiburg i. Breisgau (magister 1596), in the context of Schenck …