CSMBR Upcoming Lecture
Fabrizio Bigotti
John Wilkins
21 July 2026 – 5 PM (CET)
Having survived the demise of its humoral pathology and anatomy, Galen’s works on simple and compound remedies — the so-called 'galenicals' — formed the backbone of Western pharmacology until the Industrial Revolution, absorbing new information, methods of preparation (including chemical ones) and new ways of understanding how medicines worked.
Despite its extraordinary longevity and geographical reach, however, the history of Galenic therapy after the Renaissance has received surprisingly little attention.
In this talk, we will explore its resilience and the ways in which Galenic therapy adapted to radically different intellectual, cultural and commercial contexts, drawing on contributions to the recently published Galen’s Remedies in the Early Modern Period (Palgrave–Springer Nature, 2026).
Rather than presenting Galenism as a declining tradition, we will argue that Galenic pharmacology was a dynamic body of knowledge continually reshaped by encounters with new medical practices, theories, substances, and modes of production.
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