Professors, Physicians and Practices in the History of Medicine

“This is an outstanding volume and nice testament to the importance of Nancy Siraisi’s career and the ways in which her scholarship and, indeed, interpersonal relationships have shaped the field. … This work should, therefore, appeal to anyone interested in the early modern or medieval history of medicine, with a special interest for those focused on the wider context in which medical knowledge was articulated across this era.” (Bradford Bouley, Nuncius, Vol. 33 (3), November, 2018)“The authors draw inspiration from Siraisi’s research method and reinforce her central themes. The essays thus mirror Siraisi’s work, … Siraisi’s research methods and work praised in this remarkable volume.” (Fabrizio Baldassarri, Gesnerus, Vol. 75 (2), 2018)

• Part I. Chapter 1 Medicine in Some Thirteenth-Century Biblical Commentaries, with a Flashback on Augustine’s De genesis ad litteram (Jacquart).- Chapter 2 In a Montpellier Classroom (McVaugh).- Part II. Chapter 3 Medicine as Queen: The Consilia of Bartolomeo da Montagnana (Crisciani).- Chapter 4 John Caius, Historian (Nutton).- Chapter 5 A Medical Man among Ecclesiastical Historians: John Caius, Matthew Parker and the History of Cambridge University (Grafton).- Chapter 6 A Medical Collection Anatomized: The Catalogus bibliothecae Hieremiae Martii (1572) (Maclean).- Part III. Chapter 7 The Death of a Naturalist: Knowledge and Community in Late Renaissance Italy (Findlen).- Chapter 8 The Dedication Strategies of Conrad Gessner (Blair).- Chapter 9 Imagination, Maternal Desire and Embryology in Thomas Fienus (Hirai).- Chapter 10 Gerardus Blasius and the Illustrated Amsterdam Observationes from Nicolaas Tulp to Frederik Ruysch (Bertoloni Meli).