Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno
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Pharmacy in medieval Islam and the history of drug addiction
Drug addiction, especially through the use of poppy (Papaver somniferum Linn.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa Linn.), is the main concern of this paper. Although the use of these two plants in medieval Islam was extensive, yet little has been written on this timely subject by historians of medicine and pharmacology.
The Evolution of Attitudes Towards Mental Illness In Pre-Industrial England
The Evolution of Attitudes Towards Mental Illness In Pre-Industrial England By Jeremy Narby Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No.2 (1982) Introduction: Men…
Discourses on Sex Differences in Medieval Scholarly Islamic Thought
Discourses on Sex Differences in Medieval Scholarly Islamic Thought By Sherry Sayed Gadelrab Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Vol.66:1…
Hildegard’s Medicine: A Systematic Science of Medieval Europe
Hildegard’s Medicine: A Systematic Science of Medieval Europe By Kevin Anthony Hay The Proceedings of the 17th Annual History of Medicine Days, March…
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516): Paleopathology of the Medieval Disabled and its Relation to the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010
To analyze ‘The procession of the Cripples,’ a representative drawing of 31 disabled individuals by Hieronymus Bosch in 1500.
Dietetics in Medieval Islamic Culture
Dietetics in Medieval Islamic Culture Waines, David Medical History, 43 (1999) Abstract The origins of dietetics understood as”the systematic control of food and…
The transition from monastic to secular medicine in medieval England
The transition from monastic to secular medicine in medieval England By Ginny L. Gaweda Master’s Thesis, University of North Carolina, 2006 Introduction: During…
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…
Inventing diagnosis : Theophilus’ De urinis in the classroom
Inventing diagnosis : Theophilus’ De urinis in the classroom By Faith Wallis Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam. vol. 20…
LABELING AND OPPRESSION: WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
LABELING AND OPPRESSION: WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Campbell, Mary Ann (Washington University) Mid-American Review of Sociology, V ol. III, No.2 Abstract The attempt here…
The ‘mad’ Egyptian scholar who proved Aristotle wrong
Ibn al-Haytham’s 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton’s Principia as one of the…
The history of Arabic medicine based on the work of Ibn Abi Usabe’ah 1203-1270
My cardinal objective is to introduce a comprehensive and up-to-date document covering the most important aspects of the historiography of Arabic Medicine.
Dante and Medicine: The Circle of Malpractice
Dante and Medicine: The Circle of Malpractice By Pasquale Accardo Southern Medical Journal, Vol. 82:5 (1989) Introduction: Dante’s Commedia is a literary epic…
Attitudes Toward Nutrition and Health in the Ancient North
Attitudes Toward Nutrition and Health in the Ancient North By David Robertson Southern Medical Journal, Vol.71:12 (1978) Introduction: Medieval Scandinavia was a culture…
The codpiece: social fashion or medical need?
The codpiece had proportions that were at times grotesque, and so extreme that the question of the purpose of its use arises.
Trotula and the Ladies of Salerno: A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Transition between Ancient and Medieval Physick
Trotula and the Ladies of Salerno: A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Transition between Ancient and Medieval Physick By H. P. Bayon…
Disease, Disability and Medicine in Early Medieval Europe workshop at the University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham will be hosting a workshop this Sunday and Monday that will examine how disability, in all its forms, was…
Medicinal Properties of Cannabis According to Medieval Manuscripts of Azerbaijan
The traditional methods of its application are described in the medieval Azerbaijani manuscripts in the field of medicine and pharmacognosy written in Old Azerbaijani, Persian, Arabic and date back to the 9-18th centuries AD.
A charm for staunching blood
I hinder the blood through a man’s point (of a weapon).
I let go (or: I destroy) the flowing, I hinder the blood,
the stream of pain, the swift, sad storm.
I hinder the blood, I slay the disease.’
How Cinggis-qan Has Changed the World
How Cinggis-qan Has Changed the World By Paul D. Buell Published Online (2010) Abstract: The Mongols united more of Eurasia under a single…
Dancing with Death: Warfare, Wounds and Disease in the Middle Ages
Dancing with Death: Warfare, Wounds and Disease in the Middle Ages was a three day event held at California University of Pennsylvania in…
Decline and decadence in Iraq and Syria after the age of Avicenna? : ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162–1231) between myth and history
Decline and decadence in Iraq and Syria after the age of Avicenna? : ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162–1231) between myth and history By Nanne…
The Big Dig: Chichester
The Big Dig: Chichester By John Magilton and Frances Lee British Archaeology, Issue 104 (2009) Introduction: St James’s hospital, Chichester, was founded in the…
Social Inequality and Death as Illustrated in Late-Medieval Death Dances
Social Inequality and Death as Illustrated in Late-Medieval Death Dances By Johatn P. Mackenbach American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 85, No.9 (1995)…