![]() Special emphasis wasmplaced on assisting participants with independent research projects relating to the History of Medicine, especially-but not restricted to-those based on unpublished primary sources. Reciprocally, we also explored how traditional, humanistic studies of medieval medicine could inform modern scientific studies of disease, which were developing at a rapid pace thanks to new methods of DNA retrieval and analysis. We explored how the new scientific technologies of identifying pathogens (particularly leprosy and plague) could inform traditional, humanistic methods (historical, literary, art historical, and linguistic) of understanding cultural responses to disease and disability. Support for this Seminar came from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). ![]() Based at the Wellcome Library-the world's premier research center for medical history-this Seminar gathered scholars from across the disciplines interested in questions of health, disease, and disability in medieval Europe. “Health and Disease in the Middle Ages” was a five-week Seminar for College and University Teachers held June 24-July 28, 2012, in London, England. ![]()
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