Professors, Physicians and Practices in the History of Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Gideon Manning, Cynthia Klestinec

   Pages 1-14

3. A Life of Learning

   • Nancy Siraisi

   Pages 15-28

4. Medicine, Commentaries and the Medieval Classroom

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Medicine in Some Thirteenth-Century Biblical Commentaries, with a Flashback on Augustine’s De genesi ad litteram

      • Danielle Jacquart

      Pages 31-56

   3. In a Montpellier Classroom

      • Michael McVaugh

      Pages 57-76

5. Medicine, Writing History and the Republic of Letters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Medicine as Queen: The Consilia of Bartolomeo da Montagnana

      • Chiara Crisciani

      Pages 79-96

   3. John Caius, Historian

      • Vivian Nutton

      Pages 97-111

   4. A Medical Man Among Ecclesiastical Historians: John Caius, Matthew Parker and the History of Cambridge University

      • Anthony Grafton

      Pages 113-127

   5. A Medical Collection Anatomized: The Catalogus bibliothecae Hieremiae Martii (1572)

      • Ian Maclean

      Pages 129-151

6. Medicine, Collections and Their Illustrations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. The Death of a Naturalist: Knowledge and Community in Late Renaissance Italy

      • Paula Findlen

      Pages 155-195

   3. The Dedication Strategies of Conrad Gessner

      • Ann Blair

      Pages 197-237

   4. Imagination, Maternal Desire and Embryology in Thomas Fienus

      • Hiro Hirai

      Pages 239-253

   5. Gerardus Blasius and the Illustrated Amsterdam Observationes from Nicolaas Tulp to Frederik Ruysch

      • Domenico Bertoloni Meli

      Pages 255-297

7. Back Matter

   Pages 299-307

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This book presents essays by eminent scholars from across the history of medicine, early science and European history, including those expert on the history of the book. The volume honors Professor Nancy Siraisi and reflects the impact that Siraisi's scholarship has had on a range of fields. Contributions address several topics ranging from the medical provenance of biblical commentary to the early modern emergence of pathological medicine. Along the way, readers may learn of the purchasing habits of physician-book collectors, the writing of history and the development of natural history. Modeling the interdisciplinary approaches championed by Siraisi, this volume attests to the enduring value of her scholarship while also highlighting critical areas of future research. Those with an interest in the history of science, the history of medicine and all related fields will find this work a stimulating and rewarding read.

• Nancy Siraisi
• Intellectual History of Medicine
• Early Science
• Republic of Letters
• Early Modern Collections
• emergence of pathological medicine
• History of Cambridge University
• medical provenance
• Ecclesiastical Historians
• John Caius
• Stephen Arlandi
• Jordan de Turre
• Speculum medicine,
• Historia plantarum
• Gessner
• Observationes medicae rariores
• Observationum medicarum libri tres
• Philosophical Transactions
• Thomas Bartholin
• humanism

“This is an outstanding volume and nice testament to the importance of Nancy Siraisi’s career and the ways in which her scholarship and, indeed, interpersonal relationships have shaped the field. … This work should, therefore, appeal to anyone interested in the early modern or medieval history of medicine, with a special interest for those focused on the wider context in which medical knowledge was articulated across this era.” (Bradford Bouley, Nuncius, Vol. 33 (3), November, 2018)

“The authors draw inspiration from Siraisi’s research method and reinforce her central themes. The essays thus mirror Siraisi’s work, … Siraisi’s research methods and work praised in this remarkable volume.” (Fabrizio Baldassarri, Gesnerus, Vol. 75 (2), 2018)

• Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, USA

  Gideon Manning

• Miami University, Oxford, USA

  Cynthia Klestinec

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