RSA 2019 Panel: Renaissance Skin

Renaissance Skin: Animal and Human Surfaces in Early Modern European Medical Practices

The Renaissance Skin team will be holding a panel at RSA Toronto. Chaired by Evelyn Welch, the session papers are:

  • Hannah Murphy, 'Physicians, Skin and the Boundaries of Early Modern Medicine'
  • Paolo Savoia, 'Surface and Depth: The Empiric Surgeons' View of the Human Body in Early Modern Italy' 
  • Kathleen Walker-Meikle, 'Skin on Skin: The Medical Use of Dog Skin in the Early Modern Period'

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More details to follow.