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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 - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, 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.