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SUMMARY:Animals in medical experiments in the Middle Ages - Kathleen Walke
 r-Meikle (University College London)
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CONTACT:Salim Al-Gailani
DESCRIPTION:This work-in-progress paper discusses the medical uses of anim
 als in three medieval ‘books of experiments’ from the twelfth and thir
 teenth centuries: The Book of Experiments\, The Secrets of Galen and The B
 ook of Sixty\nAnimals. Animal preparations were a fundamental part of medi
 cal and magical practice in the Middle Ages and I wish to ascertain which 
 animals were believed to have\nparticular efficacious properties\, and wha
 t explanations for their powers were given or can be inferred. I will also
  examine the relationship between the early medieval tradition regarding t
 he properties of animals and changes due to the availability of new texts.
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LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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