Miniature (no. 37.181) from 15th century manuscript in Dresden: Galen, and assistant with a pestle and mortar, and a scribe in an apothecary's shop. Credit: Wellcome Trust, CC-BY-4.0
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Miniature (no. 37.181) from 15th century manuscript in Dresden: Galen, and assistant with a pestle and mortar, and a scribe in an apothecary's shop. Credit: Wellcome Trust, CC-BY-4.0
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The aim of the History of Medicine and Health Special Interest Group is to bring together university academics and students, and to forge links with other interested parties both within the University and externally.
Hosted by the Faculty of Health, the group seeks to promote interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research collaborations, holding online seminars each semester with invited speakers and to enable researchers to showcase their work.
The next group seminar entitled 'Stains and Elixirs: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Medieval Manuscripts' will be given by guest speaker Dr Erin Connelly, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick.
Erin will discuss her work on the Ancientbiotics Project. This research used interdisciplinary approaches to examine the construction of medieval infection remedies and the knowledge transmission processes behind them. An aim of this research was to identify the potential for clinically useful natural products, inspired by the medicinal ingredient combinations of historical and traditional sources. This collaborative work between the sciences and humanities across an international team has produced several interesting results.
All are welcome to join the meeting using the Zoom link: https://plymouth.zoom.us/j/93826500840?pwd=o1W4aTUrGy4isJVJDfD0g56c7Ct2oX.1
Email julie.tomlinson@plymouth.ac.uk for any queries.
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