Event Description
A two-day hybrid workshop on issues of efficacy in early modern medicine, hosted by the University of Cambridge and organized by Philippa Carter, Emma Spary, and Daniel Margocsy.
Friday 13 September
Haircut Therapy in Early Modern Europe – Philippa Carter (University of Cambridge)
Habit and Medical Efficacy in 18th-Century Britain – Alexander Wragge-Morley (University of Lancaster)
Winter and the Knife: or What is Bloodletting Good for? – Thomas Banbury (University of Cambridge)
The Efficacious Pulse in Early Modern England – Yijie Huang (University of Heidelberg)
Staging Blood Transfusion in Early Modern France – Emma Claussen (University of Cambridge)
Did the ‘Doctrine of Signatures’ Really Work? – Xinyi Wen (University of Cambridge)
The Efficacy of “Specific” Medicines: Theoretical Anomalies and Marketing Claims in Early Modern European Medicine – Justin Rivest (Kenyon College)
Saturday 14 September
Assessing the Efficacy of Mediterranean Red Coral as a Medicine and Amulet in Early Modern England – Francesca Richards (University of Kent)
Translating Efficacy and Value in the Healing Culture of Early Modern Southeast Asia – Tara Alberts (University of York)
Telling Tales: The Legend of Cleopatra’s Banquet, Medical Orthodoxy, and the Decline of Pearl Medicines – Lynn Mollenauer (UNC Wilmington)
Mesmerism and the Powers of Music in late 18th-century France – Amparo Fontaine (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)
Friday 13 and Saturday 14 September 2024, 10-17:00 BST