University of Glasgow

Scribonius Largus' Compositiones Medicamentorum - Context, Translation, Commentary, Pharmacology and Reception

Academic History:

2014 - present PhD in Classics - University of Glasgow

2013-2014 MSc Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy - University of Glasgow/Glasgow School of Art

2012-2013 MRes Classics - University of Glasgow

2008-2012 MA (Hons) History & Classics University of Glasgow

2002-2005 Certified Laboratory Technician for Chemistry ('Chemielaborant', Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim a. d. R.)

Supervisors:

Dr Ian Ruffell

Dr Costas Panayotakis

Dr Stuart Airlie

Research Interests:

• History of medicine, particularly concerning pharmacology, surgery (particularly in a 19th century or military context), anatomy, bacteriology, & epidemic or infectious diseases
• History of chemistry & other laboratory sciences, particularly concerning their impact developments in medicine & pharmacology; the experimental history of science
• Material culture of science & medicine, both as museum objects & archaeological evidence, & methods to increase the accessibility and impact of such collections
• Terminology of science & medicine, particularly in its relation to Latin & Ancient Greek
• Methods to increase & improve interdisciplinary research & communication in the history of medicine

Previous Research Projects:

• “Digitising the Hunterian & Cleland Collections of Human & Comparative Anatomy - Potential for Education, Research, Conservation, & Public Engagement” (MSc Dissertation, 2014) 
• “The Compositiones Medicamentorum of Scribonius Largus” (MRes Dissertation, 2013-14) 
• “Continuity & Change in British & German Military Surgery, ca. 1856-1880” (MA Dissertation, 2012-13) 
• “The Students of Lord Kelvin” (University of Glasgow Archives, 2012; part of the University of Glasgow International Story Project) 
• “The RCPSG & Travel Medicine” (Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 2010-2011; archive project in conjunction with the Faculty of Travel Medicine)

Scholarships/Awards:

• AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scotland PhD Studentship, 2014-present
• Scottish Funding Council Tuition Award (MSc Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy), 2013-2014
• Edward Caird Bursary, University of Glasgow, 2012-2013

Publications:

Jocks, I. (2012) “Are the Works of Hippocrates, Vesalius & Bell relevant in the modern age? On the importance of the History of Medicine for the 21st Century”. Essay accepted as one of the ten finalists for the University Short Essay Competition 2012. The Scholar 1

First published: 1 October 2014