Weekend Seminar
on
Medieval Science and Medicine
2004

February 6-7, 2004
"Herbs in Medicine and History:
From the Middle Ages to New Mexico"
Friday, February 6, 2004
7:00 - 7:10 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Terry L. Yates, Vice Provost for Research, UNM
7:10 - 8:15 p.m.
Herbs in Medicine and History
John M. Riddle, North Carolina State University
Saturday, February 7, 2004
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
How Does My Garden Grow? Gardens, Medicine, and Pharmacology in the Middle Ages
Walton O. Schalick, Washington University, St. Louis
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
“Dwale...to make a man to sleep while men carve him”:
A Surgical Anesthetic from Late Medieval England
Linda E. Voigts, University of Missouri, Kansas City
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Contemporary Curanderismo in Mexico and Its Medieval Roots
Arturo Ornelas, Universidad de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Break
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Modern Homeopathy: Medicine of the Millennium
Alyssa Wostrel, HEEL, Inc.
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: David A. Bennahum, HSC, UNM
A weekend of lectures and discussion
free and open to the public
Northrop Hall, Room 122
Sessions begin Friday, February 6th, at 7:00 p.m.,
and Saturday, February 7th, at 9:00 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.