Adapting Knowledge: How Medicine Evolved Through Global Exchange

NOW ON DISPLAY
This Glaser Gallery exhibit, "Adapting Knowledge: How Medicine Evolved Through Global Exchange," is now on display on the seventh floor of Becker Library.

Medical history is often framed in terms of geographic area, but the advancement of medical knowledge did not occur in isolation. Different cultures have always brushed up against each other -- through trade, war, immigration, and other factors -- and medicine followed along these paths.

The intellectual exchanges of the early modern world shaped medical theory and practice. This exhibit features selections from Becker's rare books collections to illustrate how medical ideas travel and adapt, and to show how cross-cultural dialogue spurs innovation.