Black Death came from China, study finds
An international team of scientists have concluded that the plague known as the Black Death originated in China over 2600 years ago. In…
Books as a Source of Medical Education for Women in the Middle Ages
In this essay, I would like to explore the degree to which medical books may have functioned as an alternate source of medical education to women who, because of their sex, could not move within the same social and intellectual circles as men.
Where the Philosopher Finishes, the Physician Begins: Medicine and the Arts Course in Thirteenth-Century Oxford
Where the Philosopher Finishes, the Physician Begins: Medicine and the Arts Course in Thirteenth-Century Oxford By Roger French Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad…
Learning Medieval Medicine: The Boundaries of University Teaching
Learning Medieval Medicine: The Boundaries of University Teaching By Cornelius O’Boyle Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam, vol. 20 (2000)…
Opportunities for Teaching and Studying Medicine in Medieval Portugal before the Foundation of the University of Lisbon (1290)
Opportunities for Teaching and Studying Medicine in Medieval Portugal before the Foundation of the University of Lisbon (1290) By Iona M. McCleery Dynamis,…
Anglo-Saxon Leper Hospital discovered in Winchester
The University of Winchester’s archaeological excavations at St Mary Magdalen, on the outskirts of Winchester, have revealed evidence for what may be Britain’s…
Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno
Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno By Maurizio Bifulco, Magda Marasco and Simona Pisanti American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.35:6…
I was Sick and You Visited Me: The Hospital of Saint John in Brussels and its Patrons
Hospitals are at their simplest levels a microcosm of town life in the Middle Ages. They provide a snapshot of medieval life and demonstrate the everyday workings of medieval people.
Meeting “reinvented our understanding of medical manuscripts” in the High Middle Ages
An international team of medieval scholars from the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, Germany, and Canada have made several important discoveries related…
The Black Death: End of a Paradigm
Against the assumptions of historians and scientists for over a century and what continues to be inscribed in medical and history texts alike, the Black Death was not the same disease as that rat-based bubonic plague whose agent (Yersinia pestis) was first cultured at Hong Kong in 1894.
The Black Death: Catastrophe or New Start?
This paper is going to illuminate on the history of the Black Death, its transmission, pathophysiology, symptomology, various medicines proposed, how the medical theories present at that time justify the medicines/ingredients used, the disparity in what was available for the rich and poor and health initiatives that progression of the disease
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History By Michael McCormick Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.34:1 (2003) Introduction: Until recently, there were no…
Molecular identification by ‘‘suicide PCR’’ of Yersinia pestis as the agent of Medieval Black Death
Molecular identification by ‘‘suicide PCR’’ of Yersinia pestis as the agent of Medieval Black Death By Didier Raoult, Gerard Aboudharam, Eric Crubezy, Georges…
The Making of a Pandemic: Bubonic Plague in the 14th Century
In October 1347, several Genoese ships pulled into port at Messina, Sicily. The harbor master noticed crew members who were clearly ill disembarking and quickly sent the ships away. It was too late; within a matter of days, people were dead or dying in the city. The plague had arrived in Europe.
Jews and Healing in the Middle Ages: The Harmonisation of Jewish Beliefs with Theories and Practices of Different Western Medical Traditions
In this paper I shall discuss how western medieval Jews integrated medical knowledge and healing practices alien to their own beliefs, trying to conciliate them with their own values and customs, and providing them with their religious ideas and identity.
Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters: A Survey of Mawangdui and Dunhuang Manuscripts
Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters: A Survey of Mawangdui and Dunhuang Manuscripts By Donald Harper Paper given at the Symposium on…
Midwives and Medical Texts: Women’s Healing Practices in the Crown of Aragón, 1300-1600
Throughout the kingdom of Aragón, women who performed healing actions were only periodically titled midwives and very rarely called doctors. They were even more infrequently licensed or counted in censuses in such a way that we can reliably estimate the number of female healers.
“Like a virgin”: Absence of rheumatoid arthritis and treponematosis, good sanitation and only rare gout in Italy prior to the 15th century
“Like a virgin”: Absence of rheumatoid arthritis and treponematosis, good sanitation and only rare gout in Italy prior to the 15th century By…
Ibn Sina and the clinical trial
Ibn Sina and the clinical trial By Mohammad M. Sajadi, Davood Mansouri, and Mohamad-Reza M. Sajadi Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 150 no.…
Diseases and causes of death among the Popes
Our research indicates that 25 popes (9,5%) died of unnatural causes,most of them (18,5%) in the early period and the fewest (2,0%) in recent times.
The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages
The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages By Francois Retief and Louise P. Cilliers Acta Theologica, Vol.26:2 (2006)…
Study: Charlemagne was very tall, but not robust
According to a recently published study, the Carolingian Emperor Charlemagne (ca. 747–814) was taller than most of his subjects, but not overweight. The…
The Little Ice Age and Health: Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
The Little Ice Age and Health: Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century By Richard H. Steckel Published Online (2010)…
Poison, Medicine, and the Medieval Apothecary
Poison, Medicine, and the Medieval Apothecary Session: Poison and Medicine in the Fourteenth Century By Marie A. Kelleher, California State Univ.–Long Beach This…
Poison and Medicine in the Western World before the Appearance of the Treatises about Poisons (End of the Thirteenth Century)
Poison and Medicine in the Western World before the Appearance of the Treatises about Poisons (End of the Thirteenth Century) Session:Defining Poison ca.…