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Teresa Huguet-Termes
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Teaching and researching on Medieval & Early Modern Health and Medicine #histmed in the Crown of Aragon specially, though not esclusively, on the role of apothecaries.
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Ars subtilior: Estudis d'art medieval en homenatge a la professora Francesca Español (IEC / Amics de l'Art Romànic, 2024).
Sumari del contingut aquí: publicacions.iec.cat/PopulaFitxa....
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December 19, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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1/4- Step into a Victorian pharmacy with these charmingly rosy relics: our pink ceramic apothecary jars! 🌸 Back in the 19th century, these beauties held everything from herbs to mysterious compounds—adding a touch of elegance to medicinal must-haves.
#HerbGarret #VictorianPharmacy #PharmHist
November 22, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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On the shelf, it would look like an ordinary book, but when opened you’d find drawers to hide poison. The inside cover has a woodcut from Vesalius’ De Fabrica. The glass bottle says STATUT UM EST HOMINIBUS SEMEI MOR - it is well established that all people die once. It was made in Germany in 1682
November 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Oldest-surviving anatomical theatre, located in Padua and built in 1594. Over the entrance is the Latin inscription: “hic est locus ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitam.” Roughly: “this is the place where death delights to help life (or the living).”

Photo: Rolando Paolo Guerzoni. #histmed #skystorians
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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In 1402, King David II of Solomonic Ethiopia sent an ambassadorial gift of 4 live leopards from the Horn of Africa to the Republic of Venice.

The Venetians were pleased, but also slightly panicked, when confronted with the reality of transporting the animals around in Italy.
academics/history loving folks of bluesky: tell us your favourite fact or story from your field of study
November 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Entrada de blog sobre els compendis mèdics i farmacèutics de la biblioteca de la catedral de Worcester:

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The Medical Manuscripts of Worcester Cathedral Library
There are nine medical manuscripts in the library. Monastic scriptoria largely produced medical texts up to the end of the thirteenth century, and this is mirrored in the collection[1]. I have desc…
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November 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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The Monastery of Vivarium with fish swimming in pools constructed by Cassiodorus

Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek Msc.Patr.61; Cassiodorus, Institutiones & various scientific texts; 4th quarter of the 8th century; Monte Cassino; f.29v
November 18, 2024 at 6:59 PM