The Virtues of Stones: Treating Diseases with Lapidary Medicine in Medieval England
Thursday, September 22, 2022 5pm
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https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/medieval-and-renaissance-studies/index.phpLapidary medicine, or the therapeutic applications of ‘stones’, arose from ancient pharmacology, flourished throughout the Middle Ages, and became a staple of early modern apothecary shops. This talk explores the popular use of mineral pharmacology and its place in the medical marketplace of medieval and early modern England.
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Nichola Harris (the State University of New York) received her Ph.D. at Rutgers and currently leads Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages. Her research focuses on the practice of lapidary medicine and mineral pharmacology in pre-modern Europe. Recent publications focus on lapidary cures for obstetric and pediatric disease in medieval and early modern England.
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