An #earlymodern anatomical theatre with a dead human - and a horrified skeleton standing nearby. #medhist

Just published online: Lola Digard's investigation of the expanding role of surgeons and medical professionals in legal proceedings in late medieval Ghent, and its relevance to public health, governmentality, and medical authority.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03044181.2025.2573385?scroll=top&needAccess=true#abstract

#publichealth #legalhistory #medhist #medmed

Forensic Knowledge, Labour, and the Medical Market in the Peace Procedures of Ghent, 1350–1400

Focusing on forensic practices, this article investigates the process of professionalisation of medical knowledge in late medieval Ghent. It reconstructs how Ghent’s aldermen used biopolitical stra...

Taylor & Francis
Book talk today in Gothenburg. Looking forward to talking about Lutheran super-bodies. #EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
Das Psychiatrie-Museum Bern entstaubt sich

von RaBe Info 25. September 2025 — Seit 30 Jahren erzählt das Psychiatriemuseum in Bern von der Geschichte psychischer Krankheiten und ihrer Behandlung.

Journal B
The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work. #EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory

"Aufbruch": Ausstellung zu den Zukunftsplänen des Psychiatrie-Museums Bern zum Mitdiskutieren

https://www.progr.ch/de/agenda/aufbruch-ausstellung-7804/
#histBE #histmed #medhist

25.09. – 18.10.2025: «Aufbruch» – Ausstellung

Die Ausstellung "Aufbruch" des Psychiatrie-Museums Bern gibt Einblick in den Prozess der Neukonzeption, stellt seine Vision vor und lädt...

PROGR

We are hosting a panel/ roundtable, #Decolonising Public Health in History, 8/9 April, bringing a #premodern historical lens to the discussion of public health today. Please share!

Registration: forms.gle/GKtKKzrbr5Jm...

Event Info: premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1449

#medhist #gphw2025

✍️ The editors of #HoST — Journal of History of Science and Technology have opened a call for a thematic dossier to be published in 2026.
📅 The deadline is 31 March 2025
👉 https://tinyurl.com/yaf5ymym

@histodons
@histodon

#Histodons #HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #CallForPapers #SciHist #TechHist #STM #HistoryOfMedicin #MedHist #HistóriaDaCiência #HistóriaDaTecnologia #HistóriaDaMedicina #OpenAccess #AcessoAberto

#newbook just out! Congratulations to Claire V. Fennel for the publication of "Das Büchlein der Gesundheit: A 15th-century Bavarian compendium of preventive medicine." #medievalliterature #medhist

https://www.utzverlag.de/catalog/book/44681?acceptCookies=67ae87cf783d3

„Das Büchlein der Gesundheit“

Claire V. Fennell (Hrsg.): „Das Büchlein der Gesundheit“. A 15th-century Bavarian compendium of preventive medicine. Edited from Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis, MS 2–25 by Claire V. Fennell. 224 Seiten. Hardcover. 89,00 Euro