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The Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) is an international institute of advanced studies in the history of medicine and science, based at the Domus Comeliana in Pisa.
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CSMBR Winter School
𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎 - 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐛
The final programme is finally out!

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February 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Islamic Medicine 24:

𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝟏𝟐𝟕𝟓
from Al-Halabi, "Kitab al-Kāfī fi’l-Kuḥl, MS Yeni Cami 924, fol12a, Courtesy of Süleymaniye Manuscript Library., Istanbul.

#CSMBR #Optics #Brain #Ventricles #IslamicMedicine
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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hD Position - Leibniz Institute, Leipzig:
𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 (𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎)

Application deadline: 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
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January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Latitudes of the Body 2:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟖
from Walther Hermann Ryff, "Vitruvius Teutsch" (Nuremberg: Petreius, 1548), p. 100v, Shelfmark: VD16 V 1765, Heidelberg University Library.

#CSMBR #Humanism #Vitruvius
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

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#CSMBR #OnlineLecture #OccultQuality
Renaissance Debates on Occult Qualities - CSMBR
What are occult qualities, and why did they become a central problem in Renaissance natural philosophy and medicine? This lecture examines early modern debates from Jean Fernel to Daniel Sennert, show...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Natural History and Curiosities 11:

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
from Matthaeus Platearius, "Livre des simples médecines" MS 12322, f. 191r, BnF, Paris.

#CSMBR #Pharmacopoeia
January 28, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Reminder
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#CSMBR #OnlineLecture #Sympathy #Antypathy #occultqualities
The Ancient History of Sympathy - CSMBR
in this talk, Brooke Holmes presents the history of the ancient concept of "sympatheia", from the emergence of the language of sympathy in fourth-century BCE Greek texts to the theory of cosmic sympat...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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FORMA FLUENS: Histories of the Microcosm

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄
𝐈𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐟
Alessio Dore

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#CSMBR #FormaFluens #MedicalHistory #Iatrochemistry #Experimentation
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Medicine and Piety 2:

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲, 𝐗𝐕 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
from Avicenna, "Canon medicinae", Hebrew Translation from Arabic, MS 2197, f. 402r, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna.

#CSMBR #Avicenna #Bedisde #HebrewMedicine #Canon
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Clinical Practices Series 15

𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
from Aldobrandino da Siena, "La flours et la rose de toute medicine de fisique", MS Arsenal 2510, f. 15r (detail), BnF, Paris.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Leeches
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Reminder
𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇
Deadline: 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
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January 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Between Art and Medicine 1:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧 ("𝐋𝐨 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨"), 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟎-𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟕
Wax model by Clemente Susini, Museum "La Specola", Florence.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Art #Anatomy #ceroplastics #Susini #Specola
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES
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#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #IntellectualHistory #AncientHistory
The Ancient History of Sympathy - CSMBR
in this talk, Brooke Holmes presents the history of the ancient concept of "sympatheia", from the emergence of the language of sympathy in fourth-century BCE Greek texts to the theory of cosmic sympat...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Patrick Outhwaite
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐲. England and Central Europe 1350-1434.
York Medieval Press, 2024.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Weird Physicians Series 24:

𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 a 𝐔𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐤, 𝟏𝟒𝟓𝟎-𝟏𝟒𝟕𝟎

from the So-Called "Bartholomäus", MS Palatinus Germanicus 644, f. 94r, Heidelberg University Library, Heidelberg.

#CSMBR #Avicenna #Uroscopy #Bartholomäus
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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Reminder

𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬

Deadline: 𝟐𝟖 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
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#CSMBR #VivaMente #Grants #IntellectualHistory
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Natural History and Curiosities 10:

Anatomical Library, 1685

from Daniel Le Clerc and Jean-Jaques Manget, "Bibliotheca anatomica" (Geneva: Jean-Antoine Chouet, 1685), Vol. 1, plate 87; Sold at Bohmas, as Lot 131, in 2019.

#CSMBR #Anatomy #NaturalHistory #BibliothecaAnatomica
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (3y) – Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus (Munich)
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 31 March 2026
Arabic & Latin Ptolemy | critical editions | manuscripts
𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲: 65% TV-L E13 | Start: Oct 2026
𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐭: [email protected]

#CSMBR #Opportunities #PhDs
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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FORMA FLUENS: Histories of the Microcosm
𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍: 𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
Karolina Szula

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#CSMBR #FormaFluens #MedicalHistory #Uroscopy #Brain #MiddleAges
Medieval Uroscopy and the Brain - CSMBR
Medieval physicians interpreted the brain through uroscopy, tracing a diagnostic reasoning that linked urine, humoral imbalance, and cerebral function. This article examines how Karolina Szula reconst...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Early Modern Medical Imagination 16:

𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ("𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚") 𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟑

from Athanasius Kircher, "Phonurgia Nova" (Kempten: Dreherr, 1673), Tomus II, tab. XVII, f. 303. Vilnius University Library.

#CSMBR #AtahansiusKircher
January 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐘, 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓.
𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚'𝐬 "𝐃𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨"
Lawrence M. Principe

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: youtu.be/ScmbfB6cwkM?...
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#CSMBR #Rupescissa #Alchemy #Medicalhistory #MiddleAges #ELIXIR
MEDICAL ALCHEMY, PHILOLOGY, AND THE ANTICHRIST IN JOHN OF RUPESCISSA - L. Principe (Johns Hopkins)
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January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐑: 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐒
January-February 2026

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#CSMBR #Newsletter #Arbor
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Medical Technology Series 23:

𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟎
from Guido Guidi, "Hippocrates, De vulneribus capitis", MS Latin 6861, cc. 109v-111v, BNF, Paris.

#CSMBR #Surgery #Renaissance #Hippocrates #GuidoGuidi #Trepanation #Technology
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Forthcoming with the CSMBR Online Lecture Series

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#Avicenna #Brain #Diagram #imagetext #Medieval #IslamicateTradition #Rhazes #Ventricles
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Early Modern Medical Imagination 15:

𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐨
Engraving by J. Sadeler I after Christoph Schwartz, Shelfmark: 524739i, Wellcome Library, London.

#CSMBR #Fracastoro #Syphilis
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM