Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle is Research Fellow on the Wellcome Trust-funded ‘Renaissance Skin: 1450–1700’ project at King’s College London. Her research interests include medicine, natural history and magic, concentrating particularly on the relationship between animals and humans.

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Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Kathleen Walker-Meikle

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Seminar

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We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

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Spaces are limited and may run out if we are busy so you may wish to arrive early.

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Exploring research

Itching Without End in the Early Modern Period

Hear Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle discuss how early modern people – and their animals – suffered from itching and scabs on their bodies. Using a range of Wellcome manuscripts and early printed books, she will examine how mange and scabies were understood as internally caused diseases that manifested themselves on the skin.

Following presentations from our speakers, there will be an opportunity to discuss their ideas.

Explore evidence of how, in the early modern period, people believed itchy skin diseases were caused internally, but manifested themselves on the skin.

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