Medicine Hunters – Hamilton at The Other Side

Dr. Francisco Hernandez was the physician sent by Spain in 1570 to lead the first explicitly scientific expedition. Following his trail in Mexico this summer, Prof. Cooley uncovered how Indigenous knowledge and European ambition collided in the search for cures. In a preview of her upcoming book, she will tell us this story of drug discovery as a tale of wonder, extraction, and possibility. This lecture invites you to see the early Americas as a living laboratory where the dream of universal remedies was born.

with Mackenzie Cooley – Associate Professor of History Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Hamilton College

Free and Open to the Public — Donations Welcome!