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Dear colleagues, *With apologies for cross-posting* The first seminar in the 2013-14 History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 15th October. Details: Prof Anita Guerrini (Oregon State) ‘The Galenist as Mechanist: Claude Perrault and the Natural History of Animals’ Abstract: Claude Perrault (1613-1688) is remembered (if he is remembered at all) as an architect and perhaps as an early leader of the Paris Academy of Sciences. His scientific ideas have been largely overlooked. A graduate of the notoriously conservative Paris Faculty of Medicine, he remained in many ways a Galenist. He reconciled this with a mechanist philosophy of human and animal function in his work on the Academy's natural history of animals, but a Galenist emphasis on the individual may be seen in his reluctance to adopt any system of animal classification, a reluctance that passed down to Buffon. -------- The seminar will take place in the Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, NW1 2BE. Doors at 6pm prompt, seminar will start at 6.15. The seminar series is focused on pre-modern medicine, which we take to cover European and non-European history before the 20th century (antiquity, medieval and early modern history, some elements of 19th-century medicine). Organising Committee: Elma Brenner (Wellcome Library), Sandra Cavallo (RHUL), John Henderson (BirkbeckUL) Colin Jones (QMUL), William MacLehose (UCL), Anna Maerker (KCL), Christelle Rabier (LSE), Patrick Wallis (LSE, convenor), Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (Goldsmiths). More details: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2013/09/history-of-pre-modern-medicine-seminar-series-autumn-2013/ Enquiries to Ross MacFarlane (Wellcome Library: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Dr Patrick Wallis (LSE:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). With best wishes, Ross MacFarlane Research Engagement Officer Wellcome Library Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building 215 Euston Road London NW1 2BE, UK T +44 (0)20 7611 7340 F +44 (0)20 7611 8369 E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://wellcomelibrary.org<http://wellcomelibrary.org/> From June 2013 – September 2014, the Wellcome Library is undergoing major changes as part of the Wellcome Collection Development Project. We will be open for business, but there will be disruptions to services and some Library areas will be temporarily closed. If you’re planning to visit the Library over the coming months, please check for updates on the Library blog<http://wellcomelibrary.org/> where the most up-to-date information will be posted. From 12 August 2013 – 31 March 2014 the Library will be closed on Mondays. For full details of our opening hours please check our website<http://wellcomelibrary.org/using-the-library/visiting-the-library/opening-hours/> Due to restricted space, a booking system will be in operation from Tuesday 6 August. Please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to book a space. We are a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests. The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK). This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email Security - www.websense.com