https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org Lodel 1.0 https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org/207285 https://calenda-formation.labocleo.org/207285 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 While contemporary grumblings about hospital food have become the quintessential hospital complaint, it is undeniable that a clean, warm bed, rest and the provision of food and drink, rather than medicines and therapies have always greatly increased hospital patients’ chances of recovery. Indeed diet has from the time of Galen been a central part of medical therapy. However, even if central to the day-to-day routine of hospitals, workhouses and asylums, food and drink continue to be overlooked in historical accounts of hospitalisation. This conference aims to foreground the role of food and drink in health care institutions in the past. Convocatoria de ponencias Bruselas