Manning G., Klestinec C. (eds.) Professors, Physicians and Practices in the History of Medicine: Essays in Honor of Nancy Siraisi

Springer, 2017. — 279 p. — (Archimedes, Vol. 50)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.A Life of Learning (by Nancy Siraisi).
Medicine in Some Thirteenth-Century Biblical Commentaries, with a Flashback on Augustine’s De genesi ad litteram (by Danielle Jacquart).
In a Montpellier Classroom (by Michael McVaugh).
Medicine as Queen: The Consilia of Bartolomeo da Montagnana (by Chiara Crisciani).
John Caius, Historian (by Vivian Nutton).
A Medical Man Among Ecclesiastical Historians: John Caius, Matthew Parker and the History of Cambridge University (by Anthony Grafton).
A Medical Collection Anatomized: The Catalogus bibliothecae Hieremiae Martii (1572) (by Ian Maclean).
The Death of a Naturalist: Knowledge and Community in Late Renaissance Italy (by Paula Findlen).
The Dedication Strategies of Conrad Gessner (by Ann Blair).
Imagination, Maternal Desire and Embryology in Thomas Fienus (by Hiro Hirai).
Gerardus Blasius and the Illustrated Amsterdam Observationes from Nicolaas Tulp to Frederik Ruysch (by Domenico Bertoloni Meli).
Publications of Nancy Siraisi.