sarton2014.book Page 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:24 PM SARTONIANA Volume 27 2014 Sarton Chair of History of Science Ghent University sarton2014.book Page 2 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:24 PM sarton2014.book Page 3 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:24 PM SARTONIANA Volume 27 2014 Editors: Robert Rubens and Maarten Van Dyck Sarton Chair of History of Sciences Ghent University sarton2014.book Page 4 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:24 PM © Academia Press & Sartoniana, Gent, Belgium Eekhout 2 9000 Gent T. (+32) (0)9 233 80 88 F. (+32) (0)9 233 14 09
[email protected] www.academiapress.be Gent, Academia Press, 2014, 181 pp. ISBN 978 90 382 #### # D/2014/4804/### U#### Layout: punctilio.be Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden verveelvoudigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotokopie, microfilm of op welke andere wijze ook, zonder voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van de uitgeverij. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means without prior written permission form the publishers. sarton2014.book Page 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:24 PM Table of Contents Introduction. 5 R. Rubens SARTON CHAIR LECTURE Laudatio Karine Chemla . 9 Liesbeth De Mol The Dangers and Promises of Comparative History of Science. 13 Karine Chemla SARTON MEDAL LECTURES Laudatio H. Lück. 47 R. Opsommer Flemish settlements in Central Germany and their law during the Middle Ages 51 Heiner Lück Laudatio of N.H. Lameire . 81 R. Vanholder Wars, disasters and kidneys . 87 Norbert Lameire, MD, PhD Laudatio Erik Aerts .