'Plants and Knowledge' conference to be held at the University of Exeter on 9-10 May 2008. (360G-Wellcome-085574_Z_08_Z)

£2,170

Everybody depends on plants and many non-botanists have extensive knowledge of certain areas. Galen is a case of a doctor who used botanists such as Theophrastus and tested botanical claims for other, medical, purposes. Galen's work has been transmitted in a curious manner that makes him inaccessible (but of known importance) to all but a tiny fraction of the population who read Latin and Greek (in the standard German edition). Guided by this example the conference will seek to explain how and why knowledge about plants and their uses is transferred and not transferred. The key issue is public access to such knowledge. We will range from popular and priestly medicine in Babylon (Geller and Boeck), through the Greek medical authors, to issues of access in the nineteenth to twentyfirst centuries. The medical material from Greece and Babylon (day 1) will be chaired by Professor Geller and Proessor Mark Jackson (Centre for Medical History, Exeter University). Topics to be covered are: Galen on Simples, Galen on Compound medicines, Galen on Hippocrates on barley ptisane, an English version of Galen on Simples, Galen and the Syriac tradition, Dioscorides, The Geoponica, Chelsea Physic Garden, The Plants of the Babylonian tablets. Genesis and the Tree of Knowledge, Unusual uses for plants in ancient Greece, Perfume Plants in Antiquity, The solanum family online, The Jardin des Planets and the Women of Paris, Children and plants : Pokemon and Harry Potter.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 2170
Applicant Surname Wilkins
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2008-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2007/08
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 085574/Z/08/Z
Lead Applicant Prof John Wilkins
Partnership Value 2170
Planned Dates: End Date 2008-06-08T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2008-05-09T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South West