PACHSmörgåsbord: Joseph Grünpeck

Friday, July 09, 2010

Exploring Collections: Tracts on the French Disease in the College of Physicians

This post points to some early tracts on the French Disease (often identified as syphilis) and offers a brief account of Joseph Grünpeck’s two works on the disease, highlighting his astrological account of the illness.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 07/09 at 11:23 AM

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Explaining Earthquakes ca. 1500

Earthquakes were commonly associated with celestial phenomena, either comets or planetary conjunctions. They were also connected to the outbreak of diseases. A fragment from some university lectures points to how astrology explained both earthquakes and diseases in early modern Europe.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/20 at 10:55 PM
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