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 […]
„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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pork replaced by chicken in mesopotamian diet around 1000 B.C.?
In the Islamic and Jewish communities of the Middle East, pork has been off the menu for centuries. That’s in large part because certain religious writings ban dining on swine. But long before the emergence of the Old Testament and the Qur’an, people in the Middle East had largely cut the meat from their diets. […]
Earliest case of leprosy found in UK examined
An international team led by the University of Leiden examined a 1500 year old male skeleton, excavated at Great Chesterford in Essex (southeast England) during the 1950s. The bones of the man, probably in his 20s, show changes consistent with leprosy, such as narrowing of the toe bones and damage to the joints, suggesting a […]
Markham J. Geller, Principal Investigator of the BabMed-Project, “The Babylonian Talmud: Things are not Always What They Seem”
In his presentation at the Workshop “How Jews Know – Epistemologies of Jewish Knowledge” Markham J. Geller will attempt to show that a lengthy anecdote in the Babylonian Talmud actually addresses a completely different topic than what it purports to discuss, showing how a secular (and controversial) theme, probably originating in another cultural milieu, was […]
Heinrich von Staden “Therapie und Klassifizierung der Geisteskrankheiten im ersten Jahrhundert: Aulus Cornelius Celsus”
Am Mittwoch den 20.5.2015 wird Heinrich von Staden (Princeton / Berlin) im Rahmen des Althistorischen Colloquiums an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin einen Vortrag mit dem Titel „Therapie und Klassifizierung der Geisteskrankheiten im ersten Jahrhundert: Aulus Cornelius Celsus“ halten. Ort: FRS 191-193, 4026 Zeit: Mittwoch 18.15 – 20.30 Uhr Eric Schmidtchen
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