Vintage Analogies in Medieval and Early Modern Medical Alchemy

Mark Thakkar (St Andrews) – Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel? Medieval Sermons as a Source for the History of Fermentation

Carmen Schmechel (FU Berlin) – The “Wine Stone”: Tartar as a Cause of Disease in Paracelsus and Joseph Duchesne

Date: 17 May 2023, 15:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Rd, Oxford OX2 6SE
Speakers: Mark Thakkar (St Andrews), Carmen Schmechel (FU Berlin), Chair: Rob Iliffe (Oxford)
Organising department: Maison Française d'Oxford
Part of: Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark