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Weekend Seminar
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Medieval Science and Medicine

2003

Medieval Hospitals, Leper Houses, and Leprosy
February 7 - 8, 2003
Northrop Hall, Room 122


Lecture Schedule

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Friday, February 7, 2003

7:00 - 7:30      Welcoming Remarks
                            Terry L. Yates, Vice Provost for Research, UNM

                            2003 - Is it the Best of Times or the Worst of Times to be Sick?
                            Paul Cochran, Executive Medical Director, Presbyterian Heart Program

7:30 - 8:30       A Word from Our Sponsor: Patrons and Patronage in the Medieval
                             Hospital

                            Carole Rawcliffe, University of East Anglia
                           
Saturday, February 8, 2003

09:00 - 10:00      Medieval Hospitals: Architecture of Charity
                            Lynn Courtenay, University of Wisconsin

10:15 - 11:15      Beyond "The Disease of the Soul": Medical Definitions of Leprosy
                           William Luke Demaitre, University of Virginia

11:30 - 12:30      Tuberculosis
                           Sarah E. Allen, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico

12:30 - 2:00      Break

2:00 - 3:00      Patients and Practice in the Medieval Hospital
                           Carole Rawcliffe, University of East Anglia

3:15 - 4:30      Panel Discussion
                           Moderator: David A. Bennahum, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico

 

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