Winner of the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize A new history
uncovers the crucial role women played in the great transformations of medical science and …

Medieval medical texts regularly discussed a range of reproductive disorders in men and
women. As part of this discussion, they often noted that men and women were infertile in …

Recipes were central to medicine and science in early modern Europe. Although the word
commonly is limited to the preparation of food today, early modern individuals drew on …

Sixteenth-century Italy was rich in books of “secrets.” Among these works, Giambattista della
Porta's Magia Naturalis stands out as one of the best models. These compilations consisted …

Nel 1581 la scrittrice veneziana Moderata Fonte impiegò l'immagine dell'estrazione dei
metalli per descrivere, con stile elegante, le ancora inespresse potenzialità femminili …

L'article analyse un recueil manuscrit de recettes médicinales (env. 1590-1643) et met en
lumière son contexte de production et d'usage: l'oratoire de Santa Maria in Vallicella à …

The Tractatus de passionibus mamillarum, a short treatise written in fifteenth-century Italy,
details treatments for women who experienced painful breast engorgement while lactating. It …

Over the last few decades, we have realised that the idea of women being marginalized in
the history of medicine is only true on the surface, however, in actuality, it'sa rather outdated …

This chapter analyses the perceptions of health of the early modern former spice merchant
and Birgittine nun, Katerina Lemmel. At the monastery she entered at age fifty, they …

Women's power has, traditionally, been negotiated through their male counterparts,
arousing suspicion of the 'undue influence'of wives and mothers. As such, female consorts …