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@ESHSBologna2020 Sept1, 11.15 CET: 'Mobile Materials' 1: @BronwynParry on DNA testing; Lawrence #Dritsas on 'Scottish Missionaries & Bemba'; Leendert v.d. Miesen on Mersenne's 'Mobile Music'; @CarolineCornis1 on 'Knowledge Lost' @RHULGeography @KewScience
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Do we need a global history of science? Looking forward to Pratik Chakrabati keynote today: https://t.co/FUeRpLgdHx #HistSciFest #HSTM #HistSTM #HistSci #HistTech #HistMed @PratikChakrab @BSHSNews @KewScience @RHULGeography @Kew_LAA
#PlantHumanities, #plant #VisualCultures: #botanical #drawings as proxy #specimens, used by #herbarium #botanists in plant identification. Shown here: 1 &2 by #Vishnupersaud, 3 & 4 by William #Burchell, early #C19. #art & #science in counterpoise @RoyalHolloway @Kew_LAA
#PlantHumanities, #plant #landscapes: ‘Remarkable Trees’ by Christina Harrison & Tony Kirkham, a paean to the #trees @Kewgardens and trees everywhere https://t.co/oXk0Zuk9dR @KewEditor @KewScience @RoyalHolloway @RHGeoHumanities @globaltrees @WoodlandTrust
#PlantHumanities, #PlantThinking: ‘endless forms in orderly array’ - #botany meets #philosophy in #Goethe’s ‘Metamorphosis of Plants’ (1790) #environmental #humanities @RoyalHolloway @RHGeoHumanities @KewScience @Kew_LAA @DanielleCSands
Others come from #Botanische Wandtafeln (1874) by Carl Kny, an associate professor of #botany at the University of #Berlin.
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Kny sent these plates to Kew’s director Joseph Hooker in the hope that he would “deem them worthy of a corner in [the] botanical museum”.
How to harvest a #mandrake without getting cursed: Tether a dog to the base of the #plant and throw it a tasty morsel just out of reach so it lunges forward, uprooting the mandrake. The dog will die at sunrise & should be buried with secret rites. #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs
#Pomegranates, #Figs, #Olives & #Dates are referred to in the #Quran as fruits of #paradise. In the Islamic paradise garden - cultivated in sunken beds - their intoxicating aroma can be enjoyed at head height. Thanks @TheMontyDon & @Kewlectures for a fantastic lecture last night.
The 'Marvel of Peru' or '4o'clock flower' #Mirabilis jalapa is not just a garden ornamental. A vivid crimson dye for food + fabric can be made from the flowers and—across various cultures—the roots, leaves and flowers have #traditional medicinal applications. #Nyctaginaceae
Tis the season for tickly coughs. This traditional #SouthAfrican #coughmedicine is prepared from the nectar of #Protea mellifera, reduced to a #syrup. The species denomination #mellifera means honey-producing; as in 'Apis mellifera', the Western #honeybee.
#TraditionalMedicine