The origins of medicine and its development during the Middle Ages, including in Belarus, were explored by Igor Marzalyuk, ...

For centuries, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has housed hundreds of medieval medical texts, but their contents--the conditions that were described, the prescriptions that were advised--have ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, led by Dr. Elena Fiorin and her colleagues investigated ...

It turns out the Dark Ages weren’t all that dark! According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok ...

A new exhibition offers a glimpse into the unusual and sometimes bizarre medical practices of the Middle Ages. The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval ...

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – have been revealed in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...