Elke Krotz
@egoelke.bsky.social
History of Medicine, Medieval literature and language (German, Latin)
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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Für die unermüdlichen polnischen Skisprungfans, die scharenweise zu jedem Wettkampf reisen, freut es mich sehr, dass Tomasiak eine Silbermedaille gewonnen hat
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Für die unermüdlichen polnischen Skisprungfans, die scharenweise zu jedem Wettkampf reisen, freut es mich sehr, dass Tomasiak eine Silbermedaille gewonnen hat
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Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
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CfP on a marvelous topic, imho, especially because I organise the conference myself (with Sébastien Moureau): "Verbositas Arabica, implicatio Graeca, paucitas Latina. Multilingual Text Traditions in the Middle Ages (8th–14th Century)" (20–22 Jan 2027). #medievalsky
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February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
CfP on a marvelous topic, imho, especially because I organise the conference myself (with Sébastien Moureau): "Verbositas Arabica, implicatio Graeca, paucitas Latina. Multilingual Text Traditions in the Middle Ages (8th–14th Century)" (20–22 Jan 2027). #medievalsky
hiw.kuleuven.be/dwmc/researc...
hiw.kuleuven.be/dwmc/researc...
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Today we're looking at a 14th c. copy of a purported letter from Hippocrates to Caesar. It's a short collection of medical advice in prose, comprised of recipes followed by a guide to astronomical movements. Written in Middle French! (UPenn Ms. Codex 421) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Today we're looking at a 14th c. copy of a purported letter from Hippocrates to Caesar. It's a short collection of medical advice in prose, comprised of recipes followed by a guide to astronomical movements. Written in Middle French! (UPenn Ms. Codex 421) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
Endlich wieder Olympia 😃
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Endlich wieder Olympia 😃
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
The digital version of an exhibition on diaita (dietetics) in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
#histmed
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Dìaita share.google/EEyAv7nyQMKd...
#histmed
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Dìaita share.google/EEyAv7nyQMKd...
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Dìaita
La Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, una biblioteca pubblica statale afferente al Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, centro di ricerca internazionale, specializzata nella conservazione, valor...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The digital version of an exhibition on diaita (dietetics) in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
#histmed
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Dìaita share.google/EEyAv7nyQMKd...
#histmed
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Dìaita share.google/EEyAv7nyQMKd...
@florianaigner.at
Wie laut war eigentlich der Urknall?
Wie laut war eigentlich der Urknall?
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
@florianaigner.at
Wie laut war eigentlich der Urknall?
Wie laut war eigentlich der Urknall?
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My article on dreambooks in the early middle ages has been published!
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brill.com/display/book...
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
My article on dreambooks in the early middle ages has been published!
brill.com/display/book...
brill.com/display/book...
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Many schools in northern Poland, as well as in the capital Warsaw, have closed due to cold temperatures, which fell well below -20°C in some places.
Meanwhile, the Motława River in Gdańsk has frozen for the first time since 2011, leading many people to walk on the ice despite warnings it is unsafe.
Meanwhile, the Motława River in Gdańsk has frozen for the first time since 2011, leading many people to walk on the ice despite warnings it is unsafe.
Schools close in Poland as temperatures drop below -20°C
notesfrompoland.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Many schools in northern Poland, as well as in the capital Warsaw, have closed due to cold temperatures, which fell well below -20°C in some places.
Meanwhile, the Motława River in Gdańsk has frozen for the first time since 2011, leading many people to walk on the ice despite warnings it is unsafe.
Meanwhile, the Motława River in Gdańsk has frozen for the first time since 2011, leading many people to walk on the ice despite warnings it is unsafe.
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(Call for papers) Colloquia Ceranea VIII histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/01/coll... #histmed
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM
(Call for papers) Colloquia Ceranea VIII histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/01/coll... #histmed
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For our first Manuscript Studies Interest Group meeting of 2026, we looked at manuscripts containing Recipes! We found an interesting recipe for gingerbread from an 18th c. book of accounts from Glastonbury, CT. A list of books we looked at is on the website. #rarebooks
🔗: https://bit.ly/3NHWNqt
🔗: https://bit.ly/3NHWNqt
![Photo of a close-up of a manuscript page, with a recipe for gingerbread. Here is the recipe if you have a gallon of molasses and want to try it.
Receipt to make gingerbread
To one gallon of molases one quart of
beer one pound of butter 4 oz of ginger
see that the butter and ginger be well rubbed
in the flour. Dissolve 2 oz of salt of tarter (ed: now baking powder) or peirl ash well in the beer though one[oz?] of peirl ash is said to be Enough make this Dough as soft or softer than Cake is made and should be uset[??] Emediately after
being mixt](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zk6bj2juah6gmu7s6t5vkqr/bafkreigro7vffssqteytwxjnlieahhjz3mnwpe2ldf2wib3w6uhkbfhhje@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 PM
For our first Manuscript Studies Interest Group meeting of 2026, we looked at manuscripts containing Recipes! We found an interesting recipe for gingerbread from an 18th c. book of accounts from Glastonbury, CT. A list of books we looked at is on the website. #rarebooks
🔗: https://bit.ly/3NHWNqt
🔗: https://bit.ly/3NHWNqt
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February here seems to be a time for blood letting. #MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 60629; Psalter; 13th century; Germany, W; f.1v
BL Add MS 60629; Psalter; 13th century; Germany, W; f.1v
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
February here seems to be a time for blood letting. #MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 60629; Psalter; 13th century; Germany, W; f.1v
BL Add MS 60629; Psalter; 13th century; Germany, W; f.1v
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Hey, so I have a book that now exists and that you can purchase (apparently the code BB135 on the boydell webpage will get you a 35% discount) or more realistically recommend to your library! 😅
(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)
(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Hey, so I have a book that now exists and that you can purchase (apparently the code BB135 on the boydell webpage will get you a 35% discount) or more realistically recommend to your library! 😅
(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)
(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)
www.spiegel.de/panorama/gla...
In Finnland gibt es die in jedem Supermarkt, und online sowieso, aber Berlin ist wie immer überfordert, das Internet immer noch Neuland
In Finnland gibt es die in jedem Supermarkt, und online sowieso, aber Berlin ist wie immer überfordert, das Internet immer noch Neuland
Glätte in Berlin: Spikes für Schuhe überall ausverkauft
Schuhspikes sind recht spezielle Artikel, die in aller Regel importiert und nur in speziellen Läden verkauft werden. Nach dem Wintereinbruch der vergangenen Wochen sind sie in der Hauptstadt kaum mehr...
www.spiegel.de
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM
www.spiegel.de/panorama/gla...
In Finnland gibt es die in jedem Supermarkt, und online sowieso, aber Berlin ist wie immer überfordert, das Internet immer noch Neuland
In Finnland gibt es die in jedem Supermarkt, und online sowieso, aber Berlin ist wie immer überfordert, das Internet immer noch Neuland
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Aus Gründen nochmal
www.we-aid.org/de/
www.we-aid.org/de/
Wenn ihr das Geld erübrigen könnt (man kann auch zusammenlegen). Jedes Kit hilft!
Ukraine2Power hat ein Überlebenskit für 80€ (Gaskocher, Heizdecken, Hand/Fusswärmer, Thermoskanne, Powerbank) zusammengestellt.
Konto: We Aid gGmbH
IBAN: DE 52370205000001838801
Kennwort: Ukraine2Power
Danke 🙏
Ukraine2Power hat ein Überlebenskit für 80€ (Gaskocher, Heizdecken, Hand/Fusswärmer, Thermoskanne, Powerbank) zusammengestellt.
Konto: We Aid gGmbH
IBAN: DE 52370205000001838801
Kennwort: Ukraine2Power
Danke 🙏
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Aus Gründen nochmal
www.we-aid.org/de/
www.we-aid.org/de/
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A #Roman bronze medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances like herbs and mineral products.
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A #Roman bronze medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances like herbs and mineral products.
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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A little stop motion video I made of an almanac in the University of Rochester collection to try and give viewers an idea of how it functions 😊
(Video of RCL cod. a.1, a late 14th century folding almanac from England, likely Oxford)
(Video of RCL cod. a.1, a late 14th century folding almanac from England, likely Oxford)
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
A little stop motion video I made of an almanac in the University of Rochester collection to try and give viewers an idea of how it functions 😊
(Video of RCL cod. a.1, a late 14th century folding almanac from England, likely Oxford)
(Video of RCL cod. a.1, a late 14th century folding almanac from England, likely Oxford)
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📣New Issue 📣 With 9 articles (7 #OpenAccess) plus book reviews. Explores Greco-Roman medical tradition; medieval medical manuscripts; 19th c public health in Greek State; Japanese colonial policy for Ainu health; the women's health movement in India; and Leprosy control in colonial Nigeria
#histmed
#histmed
Volume 38 Issue 4 | Social History of Medicine | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Publishes research concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Articles treat the social h...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:03 AM
📣New Issue 📣 With 9 articles (7 #OpenAccess) plus book reviews. Explores Greco-Roman medical tradition; medieval medical manuscripts; 19th c public health in Greek State; Japanese colonial policy for Ainu health; the women's health movement in India; and Leprosy control in colonial Nigeria
#histmed
#histmed
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Ich teile diesen Geschenklink aus der @nytimes.com, damit für alle klar ist, dass die Tötung von Alex Pretti durch ICE Agents nichts anderes als eine Hinrichtung eines unschuldigen Demonstranten war.
#AlexPretti
#Minneapolis
#ICERaids
#AlexPretti
#Minneapolis
#ICERaids
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Ich teile diesen Geschenklink aus der @nytimes.com, damit für alle klar ist, dass die Tötung von Alex Pretti durch ICE Agents nichts anderes als eine Hinrichtung eines unschuldigen Demonstranten war.
#AlexPretti
#Minneapolis
#ICERaids
#AlexPretti
#Minneapolis
#ICERaids
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Biographische Datenbank der frühneuzeitlichen Ärzte
Database of early modern physicians
"With entries on thousands of medical students and doctors, around 5,700 references to relevant research literature ..."
aerztebriefe.kallimachos.de/index.php/Ha...
#histmed
Database of early modern physicians
"With entries on thousands of medical students and doctors, around 5,700 references to relevant research literature ..."
aerztebriefe.kallimachos.de/index.php/Ha...
#histmed
January 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Biographische Datenbank der frühneuzeitlichen Ärzte
Database of early modern physicians
"With entries on thousands of medical students and doctors, around 5,700 references to relevant research literature ..."
aerztebriefe.kallimachos.de/index.php/Ha...
#histmed
Database of early modern physicians
"With entries on thousands of medical students and doctors, around 5,700 references to relevant research literature ..."
aerztebriefe.kallimachos.de/index.php/Ha...
#histmed
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It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
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Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...