IMC 2009: Sessions

Session 226: Wounds, I: Medieval World and Modern Medicine

Organiser:	Cordelia Warr, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester
Moderator/Chair:	Catrien Santing, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Paper 226-a	Learning from the Past: Lessons from Teodorico Borgognoni with a Modern Application (Language: English) Carol Dealey, School of Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham Index terms: Medicine, Military History
Paper 226-b	Medieval Evidence for Skin Pathologies (Language: English) Anthony John Freemont, School of Clinical & Laboratory Sciences, University of Manchester Index terms: Art History - General, Medicine
Paper 226-c	True Stigmata, Fake Wound: Fake Stigmata, True Wound (Language: English) Cordelia Warr, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester Index terms: Art History - Painting, Hagiography, Medicine
Abstract	We often assume that the medieval understanding of wounds was far removed from our own modern scientific knowledge. The papers in this session question the extent to which this assumption can be supported. By looking at modern applications of medieval medical knowledge, considering ways in which we can build a positive dialogue between contemporary diagnoses and medieval symptoms, and investigating medieval definitions of 'real' wounds and miraculous wounds, we aim to open up an interdisciplinary dialogue between modern medical professionals and medievalists.