[MPWG] Seminar -- Secrets from the Past: from Ancient Texts to Modern Medicine

[Emanuela Appetiti]

On THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010, ALAIN TOUWAIDE [1] will present a 2-part
seminar on ancient books and herbals for the Smithsonian Resident Associate
Program [2]. 

Entitled __, the seminar will show how the knowledge of the
curative properties of plants circulated and was transmitted across
generations and countries, throughout the Mediterranean basin. From the
Greek world, knowledge circulated around the Mediterranean, reaching the
West, the Arabic world, and even China. 

PROGRAM: 

6:45 TO 7:45 P.M. FROM
ANCIENT BOOKS TO MODERN SCIENCE 

How knowledge of medicinal plants was
transmitted from classical antiquity to the age of printing; the daily
exercise of physicians who added the results of their own practice. 

8 TO
9 P.M. MEDICINE FROM THE PAST 

What ancient medicinal plant manuals tell
us and how this knowledge can be repurposed in contemporary research as a
source for new discoveries. 

LOCATION: 

S. Dillon Ripley Center [3]
1100
Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange Lines) 

Many
thanks for your attention and for circulating this announcement. 

Best
regards, 

Emanuela Appetiti 

  [4]   

ceo at medicaltraditions.org [5] 

+1
202 633 0967 

PO Box 7606
Washington, DC 20044-7606 
USA


www.medicaltraditions.org [6]  

Links:
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[1]
http://medicaltraditions.org/institute/people/directors
[2]
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/index.aspx
[3]
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/help/locations/ripley.htm
[4]
http://medicaltraditions.org/
[5] mailto:info at medicaltraditions.org
[6]
http://medicaltraditions.org/
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