From medieval monastery gardens, the diagnosis of "hysteria" or the "Schliimgrüppli" - travel through the history of medicine.
Join us on a journey through Basel's medical history: How did nuns in the now vanished Steinenkloster convent relieve menstrual cramps? Where is the oldest pharmacy located and what medicines were sold in early modern Basel? How do racism, sexism and class influence medical knowledge to this day? And how was and is the mental health of women and queer people dealt with? Find out how activists of the past decades fought against fear and stigma and closed the gaps in the healthcare system themselves, be it in the "Schliimgrüppli" or in the first residential home for AIDS patients. From ancient pharmaceutical knowledge, medieval monastery gardens and "hysterical women" to the emergence of modern hospitals in the 19th century, we explore who created medical knowledge and who had access to it.
