HORYZONTY HUMANISTYKI 2024: DIETETYKA I FARMAKOLOGIA ANTYKU

Professor John Wilkins, an eminent expert on Galen’s medical writings, will deliver two open lectures at the University of Lodz next week

 

Professor John Wilkins (Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter) is a food historian and historian of medicine. In his research he focuses on dietetics and pharmacology in the light of Galen of Pergamum’s writings (2nd/3rd c.). The information from his medical texts, such as dietary habits in the ancient Mediterranean, Prof. Wilkins interprets in the context of social history, complementing our knowledge on everyday life in antiquity.

 

24 October 2024, 12:00 (CEST), Institute of History, Kamińskiego 27a Str. (Faculty Council Room)

  • Prof. John Wilkins, Science and society: Galen’s construction of nutrition [abstract]

25 October 2024, 5:00 p.m. (CEST), Institute of History, Kamińskiego 27a Str. (room 202) and MS Teams

 

  • Prof. John Wilkins, How drugs work according to Galen: knowledge and boundaries [abstract]

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