IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1117: Is there a Doctor in the House?: Aspects of Authority in Late Medieval Medical Care
Wednesday 16 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Ad Tervoort, Department of Medieval History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Rudolph Ladan, Department of the History of Medicine, Universiteit Leiden |
| Paper 1117-a | Medical Care as Caritas: The Aims of the Roman Confraternities (Language: English) Index terms: Medicine, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1117-b | On whose Authority?: Aspects of Power Relations in Medieval Care and Hospitals (Holland, 14th Century) (Language: English) Index terms: Medicine, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1117-c | Authority, Reputation and Competition in Late-Medieval Surgery: The Theory of Painful Treatment (Language: English) Index terms: Medicine, Science, Social History |
| Abstract | The session analyses the motives behind and implications of assigning 'authority' in applications of medical learning and care in the later Middle Ages, by focussing on the following issues. By looking at the Roman fraternities, Dr. Santing will analyse the origins and explicit goals with regard to the authoritative relation between medical care and charity. Dr. Tervoort will assess the background of power relations in in the practive of social and medival care in late medieval Holland towns. Mrs. Van't Land will investigate the complex negotiations between 'authoritative' surgeons and their fee-paying patients, especially where painful treatment was concerned. |