>
> On Friday 23 April 2004 there will be a small conference on "Chemistry and
> Medicine in the Eighteenth Century" in Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, organised
> by the Historical Group within the Royal Society of Chemistry and the
> Chemiehistorische Groep of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging,
> together with the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, the
> Genootschap voor de Geschiedenis van Geneeskunde, Wiskunde, Natuurwetenschap
> en Techniek GeWiNa, and Museum Boerhaave.
>
> You will find more information below.
> With best regards,
>
> Ernst Homburg
>
Programme conference
Chemistry and Medicine in the 18th Century
22 April - 25 April 2004
Thursday 22 April 2004
18.00 - 19.30 Welcome reception and registration
Friday 23 April 2004
09.00 - 09.30 Coffee and registration
09.30 - 10.10 dr Noel Coley (Open University)
Eighteenth-century chemical physicians and the empirical art of medicine
10.10 - 10.50 prof. dr Harm Beukers (Universiteit Leiden)
The influence of iatrochemistry in eighteenth century medical practice
10.50 - 11.10 Coffee
11.10 - 11.50 dr Anna Simmons (Open University)
Medicine, monopolies and mortars: the pharmaceutical trade at the Society of Apothecaries in the eighteenth century
11.50 - 12.30 dr Lissa Roberts (Univerisiteit Twente)
Chemical reform and the question of an 'industrial vision' in the late eighteenth century
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.10 GeWiNa general meeting (Dutch participants)
13.30 - 14.10 Guided tour through the Museum Boerhaave
14.10 - 14.50 dr Rina Knoeff (Universiteit Maastricht)
'... in medicine all possible good can be expected from it'. On the role of chemistry in Boerhaave's medicine
14.50 - 15.30 dr Robert Anderson (Cambridge University)
Boerhaave to Black: the evolution of chemistry teaching
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee
16.00 - 16.30 drs. Trienke van der Spek (Museum Boerhaave)
The goodness of air: eudiometry as a tool in eighteenth century chemistry and medicine
16.30 - 17.00 General discussion, closing remarks
19.30 - 22.00 Conference dinner
Saturday 24 April
excursion programme
9:15 Departure from Molen de Valk
9:45 Arrival at the Sikkens Museum
Welcome with coffee/tea
10:00 Guided tour
11:00 Departure to Museum the Cruquius
11:30 Arrival at Museum Cruquius
Guided tour
13:15 Lunch at Tearoom the Cruquius
14:15 Departure to the Teylers Museum Haarlem
14:45 Arrival at Teylers Museum
Guided tour
15:45 Coffee/tea
16:00 Free time to stroll around in the museum
17:00 Departure to Leiden
17:30 Arrival in Leiden
Sunday 25 April
Individual Programme
Some possibilities to spend the day:
* Visit to Amsterdam
* Visit to the Keukenhof; Lisse
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