“You shall consult, wherever you go, all the doctors, medicine men, herbalists, Indians…and thus you will gather information about herbs, trees, and medicinal plants…” ~ King Philip of Spain’s direction to his court physician Francisco Hernández,, as he embarked to the Americas
Imagine a conversation between a 16th century scientist of medicine and a 21st century neuropharmacologist. Would they have any common ground upon which to engage one another? The hunt for cures of human ailments is certainly one. For this polymathic pizza session, Dr. Joel Klein, an expert in early modern science and medicine will speak on behalf of our renaissance era pharmacologist in conversation with University Professor Jean C. Shih, professor in molecular pharmacology and toxicology, cell and neurobiology, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.