Clinical Practices 17: 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐁𝐲𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐄 from Apollonius of Citium, "On Joints", Codex Laurentianus Pluteus (Niketas Codex), 74.7, ff. 233r, 236v, 238r, 239r, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Hippocrates

𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄. 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚 Fabrizio Bigotti - John Wilkins youtu.be/c-tiFtvaVjg?... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Galen #Galenicals

GALEN'S REMEDIES BEYOND THE RENAISSANCE - F. Bigotti (CSMBR) and J. Wilkins (Exeter)

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Frontispiece Series 15: ----------------------------- 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝟏𝟓𝟓𝟎 (Milan: Valerio and Girolamo da Meda), Private copy, sold at auction at Wannenes on 15 July 2025 as lot 185. ----------------------------- #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Galen #Vernacular #Apothecary

Forthcoming this Autumn with the 𝐂𝐒𝐌𝐁𝐑 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 Register now at: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #HistoryofScience #OnlineLectureSeries

Elements of Health Series 4: 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟎 from "Weltchronik", Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), ff. 220v-221r, the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. #CSMBR #HistoryOfScience #MedicalHistory #AlexanderTheGreat #exploration

𝐂𝐒𝐌𝐁𝐑-𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 The scheme supports BA, MA and PhD students pursuing training in philology and digital humanities csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../csmbr-br... #CSMBR #Residentialfellowship

Pain, Sorrow, and Shadow Series 6: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐨" 𝐨𝐫 "𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚", 𝐜𝐚. 𝟏𝟓𝟔𝟔 from Johann Jakob Wick, MS F 16 (Wickiana), f. 234v, Zurich Central Library, Zurich. --------------------------------------- #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Torture #Proof #Evidence #Pain

FORMA FLUENS 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 Anna Gili Is infertility really a modern concern? In this article, Anna Gili explores how medieval physicians understood infertility and its treatment. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../infertil... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Infertility

Healing Places Series 35: 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚, 𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟏 Carrer de les Coques, 3, 43003 — Tarragona, Spain Visit it on Google Maps: maps.app.goo.gl/BCjWBaeeU8uK... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #HealingPlaces #Hospitals #Tarragona #Spain

Congratulations to the President of the CSMBR Pisa, Professor Vivian Nutton, whose book 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝟏𝟓𝟑𝟕-𝟏𝟓𝟔𝟒 has received an Honourable Mention at the 2025 Medical Book Awards in the History of Neurosciences. #CSMBR #PSMEMM #Awards #Vesalius #VivianNutton

𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 is a new book series dedicated to primary medical sources and studies on the transmission of medical knowledge across the Mediterranean. OA options available: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/pubblication... #CSMBR #Brepols #MedicalHistory

Medicine in Customs and Traditions 7: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟓-𝟑𝟎 from MS Ludwig IX 19 (http://83.ML.115), f. 28v, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Circumcision #SexualHygiene #Religion #Christianity #Islam

Forthcoming this Autumn with the CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES To register: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../rupescis... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #onlinelectures #rupescissa #alchemy #medievalphilosophy

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐒 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 A New Book Series and A New Residential Fellowship are part of the deal. Check here: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/research-par... #CSMBR #Brepols #research #bookseries

Brepols - CSMBR

Brepols is a Research Partner of the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body (CSMBR) in the Renaissance, collaborating through publishing and fellowship programmes.

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Final Reminder 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚 Fabrizio Bigotti and John Wilkins To register for this lecture: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../galens-r... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Galen #Galenicals #Pharmacopeia #Remedies #GalenoChymica

Galen's Remedies Beyond the Renaissance - CSMBR

Why did Galenic pharmacopoeia survive for nearly two millennia? This lecture explores the intellectual, cultural, and practical reasons behind its extraordinary resilience.

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Microcosm and Macrocosm Series 14: 𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐛𝐲-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮(?) 𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟒 from "Liber Quodlibetarius" MS B.200, f. 38v, Erlangen-Nuremberg Library, Nuremberg. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Prognosis #Iatromathematics #CriticalDays #Crisis #Criticalhours

𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐑: 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 The latest issue of ARBOR is out! --------------------------- 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/arbor-newsle... 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org --------------------------- #CSMBR #Newsletter #Arbor

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: Apply for the Santorio Residential Fellowship: a fully funded one-month residency in Koper (€2,000) for mid-career and senior researchers in the history of science, medicine & technology. Info: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/grants-and-a... #CSMBR #Santorio #MedicalHistory #Fellowships

Deformities (Real or Imaginary) Series 15: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐰, 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟕 from Wickiana, MS F 24, f. 433, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Theratology #MonsterofCracow

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐘𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐌. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚’𝐬 «𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬» Maciej Kokoszko - Zofia Rzeźnicka 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: youtu.be/IONil6HswHU?... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #ScentedProducts #Perspiration #Byzantium #GreekCulture

STAYING FRESH IN EARLY BYZANTIUM - M. Kokoszko and Z. Rzeźnicka (University of Łódź)

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Human Generation Series 14: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐝, 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟎 Anonymous Illumination from Jans der Enikel, "Weltchronik", MS 33, 226r, Getty Museum, Los Angeles. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Malepregnancy #Gender #Nero #Evilgeneration

Reminder: 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 Abstracts (max. 250 words) due 𝟏𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. Proceedings: PSMEMM - Springer Nature Grants available: deadline 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe... #CSMBR #VivaMente

Deafness in the Premodern Mediterranean - CSMBR

This VivaMente conference explores deafness and the deaf person in the premodern period through historical, medical, and socio-cultural perspectives.

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Frontispiece Series 14: 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚'𝐬 "𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚" 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬' 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 from MS Vaticanus Latinus 2418, f. 1r, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV), Vatican City. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #IbnSina #Avicenna #Averroes #Scholasticism

SUMMER TALES AT THE DOMUS COMELIANA The Pisan summer can be unforgiving. Fortunately, the shade of the Domus Comeliana garden, watched over by the Leaning Tower, offers a welcome retreat from the heat. #CSMBR #DomusComeliana #summervibes

CSMBR Online Lecture Series 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚 Fabrizio Bigotti & John Wilkins To Register: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../galens-r... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Galen #Pharmacopoeia #EarlyModern #IntellectualHistory

Gardens of Health 10: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟒𝟕𝟎 from Pietro de Crescenzi (Pierre de Crescens), "Livre des profit champêtres et ruraux ou Rustican", MS 5604 réserve, f. 151v, BnF, Paris. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Simples

FINAL REMINDER 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐘𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐌. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚’𝐬 «𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬» To register: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Aetius #ScentedProducts

Medical History through Documents 1: Figs. 1-2: 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝟏𝟑𝟕𝟕 from "Liber Viridis", f. [77v-] 78r, c. 49, HR-DADU-14.1. Vol. 11a, State Archive of Dubrovnik. Fig. 3: 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨 (𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭) from "Liber Viridis". #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Epidemics #Quarantine

History of Pharmacy Series 22: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝟏𝟓𝟑𝟏 from Ficinus "Das Buch des Lebens", p. XI in Brunschwig, "Das neüwe Distillier Buch der rechten Kunst" (1531), Shelfmark: rar 2049, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Pharmacy #Apothecary

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 Marco Signori 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: youtu.be/Vqg3N7T-pLQ?... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Dreams #Colours #ArabicCulture #GreekCulture #LatinCulture

THE COLOUR OF DREAMS. The Physiology of Oneiric Experience - M. Signori (IMT Lucca)

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