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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 302: Papers in Honour of Debby Banham, III: Anglo-Saxon Medicine - Vocabulary, Anatomy, and Conditions

Monday 2 July 2018, 16.30-18.00

Organiser:Christine Voth, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Moderator/Chair:Faith Wallis, Department of History & Classical Studies / Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Québec
Paper 302-aThe Anglo-Saxon Spleen
(Language: English)
Carole Biggam, School of Critical Studies (English Language), University of Glasgow
Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medicine
Paper 302-bGut Feelings and Belly Aches: Internal Anatomy in Old English with Specific Reference to Bald's Leechbook
(Language: English)
Conan Turlough Doyle, Independent Scholar, Dublin
Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medicine
Paper 302-cFertility and Infertility in Anglo-Saxon England
(Language: English)
Christine Voth, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Medicine
Abstract

Dr Debby Banham has contributed generously to the field of medieval studies, as well as to her students and colleagues. These three sessions on Anglo-Saxon farming, food, and medicine are a celebration of her career and accomplishments.