Herbs and Healing from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West: Papers in Honor of John M. Riddle I

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Institute for Medieval Studies, Univ. of New Mexico; Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions; Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

Timothy C. Graham, Anne Van Arsdall

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of New Mexico, Univ. of New Mexico

Presider Name

Timothy C. Graham

Paper Title 1

From Marbode's Stones to Inanna's Huluppu Tree: John Riddle and the Minerals and Plants of Lore over Four Millennia, or, Why Texts Speak for Themselves

Presenter 1 Name

John Scarborough

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Paper Title 2

Ancient Medicine: Between Books and Practice

Presenter 2 Name

Alain Touwaide

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Smithsonian Institution/Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions

Paper Title 3

Saint John's Wort and Melancholy in the Age of Paracelsus and the Great Herbals

Presenter 3 Name

Karen Reeds

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania/Princeton Research Forum

Start Date

12-5-2012 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020