[Cynnabar] Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

[Aaron Elkiss via Barony]

Potentially of interest to folks:

https://www.lib.umich.edu/events/the-art-and-science-of-healing

DatesFebruary 10th through April 30thToday's Hours8:30am to
7:00pmLocationHatcher
Graduate Library, Audubon RoomLocation Information
<https://www.lib.umich.edu/location/hatcher-graduate-library/unit/25>Event
TypeExhibit

This display covers centuries of medical history as illustrated by a broad
selection of archaeological artifacts, papyri, medieval manuscripts, and
early printed books. Among the earliest artifacts displayed is a
second-century AD papyrus with a text from Dioscorides’ *On Materia Medica*,
while the latest object will be the first edition of William Harvey’s
*Anatomical
Treatise on the Movement of the Heart and Blood in Animals*, published in
1628. The exhibit explores various themes such as the role of religion and
magic in healing the soul and the body, the persistent influence of
Graeco-Roman methods of diagnosis and treatment in the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, and the transmission of medical knowledge in both manuscript
and printed form.

The exhibit spans two locations: The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the
Audubon Room in the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Join us for an exhibit opening lecture
<https://www.lib.umich.edu/events/exhibit-opening-art-and-science-healing> by
curator Pablo Alvarez on February 10 at 4:30pm in the Hatcher Gallery,
followed by a reception at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

A companion symposium
<https://www.lib.umich.edu/art-and-science-healing-antiquity-renaissance-2017>,
March 9-10, will explore the textuality and materiality of medicine before
the modern period.


Aaron Elkiss
Library IT Architecture & Engineering
University of Michigan
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