Reprise de l’exposition « Le médecin face à la douleur 16^e-18^e siècles » à la Maison Française d’Oxford (UK)

The NOTCOM ERC Project and the Maison Française are delighted to welcome the exhibition ’’Pain and the Physician.16th-18th centuries’ from 14 October 2024 to 14 March 2025 (Mo - Fr, 9 am - 5 pm).

The exhibition’s private view at 6 pm on 18 November 2024 is now sold out.
A small wine reception will follow this event.

Pain management is often viewed as a modern novelty, a practice that barely existed in the past.
However, pain was already a major concern in the 16th - 18th centuries. Although the medical arts of the time were in part powerless against it, doctors nonetheless mention it frequently in their writings and always seek to relieve it.
Focusing on the 16th - 18th centuries allows us to shift and reorient our view of pain. This detour into the past can help us gain fresh insight into current issues and practices.

This exhibition on early conceptions of pain is the result of multidisciplinary research combining the history of medicine, philosophy and literature. Through 12 thematic chapters, excerpts from works to read and to listen to, and interviews with neurologists, it brings the past face to face with the present and allows us to question our current understanding of pain.

Avec la collaboration d’Elisa Andretta, Dominique Brancher, Nicolas Lechopier, Pascal Luccioni, Isabelle Moreau et Michèle Rosellini.
Avec l’aimable collaboration scientifique de Nicolas Danziger, Luis Garcia-Larrea et Patrick Mertens.
Co-production et organisation :
Florence Gaume et Livia Rapatel (BU Lyon 1)
Réalisation graphique :
Damien Favier
Collaboration artistique :
Géraldine Berger, Thomas Rortais et l’ensemble Les Nouveaux Caractères (Sébastien d’Hérin, Étienne Floutier et Caroline Mutel).
Réalisation multimédia :
Service PAVM | DNUM de l’Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3.

Avec le soutien du LabEx COMOD, de l’Université Lyon 1, de l’Université Lyon 3, de la BU Lyon 1 et de l’IHRIM.

Voir aussi l’article paru dans Pour la Science et dans les actualités de l’INSHS.