Contributors
Alan W. Bates
is Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology at University College, London, a consultant to the Royal Free Hospital, and a coroner’s pathologist for North London and the City of London. He is the author of various books and articles on the history of anatomy and embryology, including The Anatomy of Robert Knox (Eastbourne, 2010).
Diego Carnevale
is a Researcher in Early Modern History at the University of Naples Federico II. His principal works focus on the socioeconomic and political history of burial practices in Naples from the 1650s to 1860. He has carried out further research on the same topic in Paris and London. He is currently researching the subject of the conflicts surrounding the administration of urban water supplies during the early modern period, with a comparative approach between Southern Italy and France.
Francesco Paolo de Ceglia
is a Professor of History of Science at the University of Bari, where he directs the Interuniversity Research Center “Seminar of the History of Science.” His research focuses on the history of corporeality. He has published monographs and articles on the relationship between the history of science and theology, including Storia della definizione di morte (Milan, 2014) and Il segreto di san Gennaro. Storia naturale di un miracolo napoletano (Milan, 2016).
Lucia De Frenza
received her PhD in History of Science and is currently working at the Seminar of History of Science of the University of Bari. Her main research interests focus on the history of electrical theories in XVIII and XIX centuries, the history of medicine, the history of institutions and medical communication between the XVIII and XX centuries. She is the author of several articles and monographs including I sonnambuli delle miniere: Amoretti, Fortis, Spallanzani e il dibattito sull’elettrometria organica e minerale in Italia (1790–1816) (Florence, 2005).
Tommaso Duranti
is a Senior Assistant Professor (tenured) at the Department of History and Cultures (DiSCi) of the University of Bologna. His research concerns the political institutions of the late Middle Ages and the history of university medicine; regarding the latter, in particular, he has dealt with the origins, development and organization of the medical Studium of Bologna; the delineation of the role of medical experts and the process of professionalization of medical men during the late Middle Ages; and the doctor-patient relationship in the Middle Ages.
Carmel Ferragud
is a Researcher of the Interuniversity Institute López Piñero and a Professor of History of Science at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the research team Sciència.cat. His research has focused on medical practitioners and the practice of medicine during the Middle Ages in the Crown of Aragon. He is currently interested in the topic of medicine in the sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer, as well as forensic medicine and astrology. He is the author of: Medicina i promoció social a la Baixa Edat Mitjana (Corona d’Aragó, 1350–1410) (Madrid, 2005) and La cura dels animals: menescals i menescalia a la València medieval (Catarroja, 2009).
Massimo Galtarossa
has a PhD in History at the University of Verona and is an independent scholar. He published a volume entitled Medicina Repubblicana. Scelte politiche e benessere del corpo nello Studio di Padova fra ‘500 e ‘700 (Rome, 2012).
Alexander Kästner
is a Post-Doc in Early Modern History at the Institute of History at TU Dresden and a Principal Investigator at the Collaborative Research Center 1285 “Invectivity.” His research and numerous publications explore various aspects of the history of death, with a particular focus on the histories of suicide, anatomy and lifesaving programs from c. 1600 onwards. He is the author of Tödliche Geschichte(n). Selbsttötungen und Suizidversuche in Kursachsen 1547–1815 (Konstanz 2012). His current research deals with the social history of the concept of cold in the 18th century as well as with the invective mode of communication and the emergence of a public sphere during the early Reformation.
Margaret Brannan Lewis
is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Her research focuses on early modern crime, sex, reproduction, medicine, and obstetrics, in particular in Central Europe. Her publications include Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany (London, 2016).
R. Allen Shotwell
is a Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for Humanities and Medicine at Ivy Tech Community College. A long-time teacher of science and technology and an academic administrator, he more recently received his PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine from Indiana University with a dissertation on the practices and techniques of dissection in the 16th century. His research and writing currently focus on Renaissance anatomy and its connections to medical practice.
Kevin Siena
is Associate Professor of History at Trent University (Canada). He is the author of Venereal Disease, Hospitals and the Urban Poor: London’s ‘Foul Wards’ 1600–1800 (Rochester NY, 2004), the editor of Sins of the Flesh: Responding to Sexual Disease in Early Modern Europe (Toronto, 2005) and (with Jonathan Reinarz) A Medical History of Skin: Scratching the Surface (Abingdon and New York, 2010). He recently published Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain (New Haven, 2019).
Caterina Tisci
received her PhD in History of Science and is a teacher of philosophy and history in high schools. She is currently collaborating with the Universities of Bari and Lecce on research about the history of medicine and healthcare between the XVIII and XX centuries. Her publications include original essays for academic journals and collective volumes. The book Lo scudo contro il vaiolo. Antonio Miglietta e la profilassi nel Regno di Napoli (1801–1826) (Cavallino, 2015) was honored with the “Massimo Piccinini” award by the Academy of History of Healthcare Art (Italy).