Military Medicine: Wounds and Disease in Warfare

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

William H. York

Organizer Affiliation

Portland State Univ.

Presider Name

Linda M. Keyser

Presider Affiliation

Medica

Paper Title 1

Early Use of Medical Triage in the Saga of Saint Olaf

Presenter 1 Name

Theodore Cunningham

Presenter 1 Affiliation

School of Medicine, Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 2

Controversial Wound Treatment by Three Medieval Surgeons: Hugh of Lucca, Theodoric of Cervia, and Henry of Mondeville

Presenter 2 Name

Leigh Whaley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Acadia Univ.

Paper Title 3

Plague and the Great Company of 1361

Presenter 3 Name

Nicole Archambeau

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Colorado State Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

This session brings together papers that explore questions relating to warfare and healing. Some papers consider the nature of wounds and battlefield injuries and/or their treatment. Others address questions relating to the general health of armies and their camp followers (including the prevalence of different diseases, nutritional concerns, etc.).

William H. York