Babylonian Medicine

Freie Universität Berlin

Monatsarchiv für June 2015

BabMed Annual Workshop 2: Healing through Fumigation…

BabMed Annual Workshop 2: Healing  through Fumigation in Mesopotamia and the Ancient World. Workshop programme: FUMIGATION_final programme_ BabMed Annual Workshop 2015

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International Conference on Ancient Magic

Egyptian and Jewish Magic in Antiquity Contexts, Contacts, Continuities and Comparisons – A Collaborative International Conference in Ancient Magic Time and Place 6th-9th July, 2015, University of Bonn (In cooperation with the Tel Aviv University)   The topics adressed at this collaborative conference will be the continuity and changes in  Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic-Christian, Jewish and […]

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Medical History conference at MPIWG Berlin

“Towards a History of Epistemic Genres: Textbook and Commentary, Case and Recipe in the Making of Medical Knowledge” is the title of the conference on Medical History held at Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2015. The hosts Yvonne Wübben (Freie Universität Berlin) and Gianna Pomata (Johns Hopkins University […]

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II CHAM International Conference: “Diet and Regimen in the Two Talmudic Traditions from Palestine and Babylonia”

The II CHAM International Conference with the keynote theme “Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Exchanges will” take place 15-18 July 2015, in Lisabon. Dr. des Lennart Lehmhaus (SFB 980) und Tanja Hidde, M.A. (BabMed) will participate in the panel “Medical knowledge in motion: exchange, transformation and iteration in the medical traditions of the Late Antique Mediterranean […]

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Lifestyle reconstructed from dental tartar

Most dentists recommend a proper teeth cleaning every six months to prevent, among other things, the implacable buildup of calculus or tartar — hardened dental plaque. Routine calculus buildup can only be removed through the use of ultrasonic tools or dental hand instruments. Tel Aviv University researchers, in collaboration with scholars from Spain, the UK […]

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Collecting Recipes ‒ Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue

The study of ancient traditions of recipe-books and medical collections of pharmacology in Late Antiquity and beyond was the thematic focus of the 2013 Berlin pharmacology workshop. Conference organizers Lennart Lehmhaus and Matteo Martelli of the SFB 980 ‘Episteme in Motion’ project A03 are now announcing the proceedings volume. Contributions cover different periods in the […]

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„Drei Dinge lassen den Körper wachsen“- ein vergleichender Blick auf die Regeln zur gesunden Lebensweise (dieita) in den beiden Talmudtraditionen.

Dr. des Lennart Lehmhaus (SFB 980) und Tanja Hidde, M.A. (BabMed) werden im Rahmen des Arbeitskreises “Alte Medizin” an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, der unter der Leitung von Prof. Tanja Pommerening am 20. und 21. Juni 2015 in Mainz stattfindet, einen Vortrag halten zu einem Teilgebiet der talmudischen Medizin: den „Regeln zur gesunden Lebensweise“ (gr. dieita). […]

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BabMed: cooperation between FU and Israel Universities

“Fifty Years of Diplomatic Relations between Germany and Israel” is an important milestone for Freie Universität Berlin in 2015: German-Israeli cooperation in science and research was a pioneering factor in the diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the anniversary year of the German-Israeli cooperation Freie Universität Berlin hosts a number of conferences and workshops […]

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James Allen (Toronto): Ancient Conceptions of Artistry and Expertise, the Case of Medicine

James Allen (Toronto) will give a lecture entitled “Ancient Conceptions of Artistry and Expertise, the Case of Medicine” at the BBAW in Berlin on monday, the 29th of June 2015. The object of his lecture will be to explore how ancient physicians and medical schools tackled one issue with a philosophical dimension, namely the nature […]

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Detecting traces of drugs and poisons

“We know that the Babylonians, Greeks and Romans used plant-based poisons both for hunting animals and in war. In fact, the word ‘toxic’ come from toxon, the Greek word for bow. Taxus is a genus of the yew tree with a springy timber traditionally used to make bows.” says Dr. Valentina Borgia, a specialist in […]

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