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University at the Town Hall: Hypochondria. A fashionable illness of the early modern period
Speaker: Prof. Dr Elisabeth Flucher (Faculty of Philosophy)
The early modern period, particularly the 17th and 18th centuries, is regarded in Europe as the age of hypochondria. Whilst in ancient tradition hypochondria referred to a physical illness beneath the breastbone (hypo chondrios), around 1700 it took on...
Organiser: Universität Greifswald & UHGW
Picture credits: Gina Heitmann (Universität Greifswald)
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