Writing around 1460, the Italian physician Michele Savonarola complained that, ... 2021), and is currently working on a book about medieval approaches to healthy living.

Plants on show will include saffron, a multi-use plant used as a “sobering tonic”. The ancient Greeks hailed it as a stomach ...

Dr James Freeman, the exhibition’s curator, explains that the manuscripts "take you to the medieval bedside and reveal the strange and surprising things that physicians and healers tried to make ...

Maimonides, the great medieval physician and rabbinic giant, wrote that “there is no bigger mitzvah than redeeming captives.” Similarly, in 1977, ...

Other maxims for medieval physicians, who found Hippocrates rather hoary: impress the patient by diagnosing his condition before examination, always tell relatives the case is very grave, ...

In her first book, "Healers in the Making: Students, Physicians and Medical Education in Medieval Bologna (1250-1550)," published in 2020, she wrote about the teaching of medicine and science ...

“Medieval physicians also had access to and used a variety of spices in their formulations, such as cumin, pepper and ginger, and commonly mixed ingredients with ale, white wine, vinegar or milk.” ...

Late medieval physicians believed the uterus had seven chambers, and that the vagina had two openings - one internal and one external. The researchers propose that the nine circles of the rosettes ...

‘Medieval physicians also had access to and used a variety of spices in their formulations, such as cumin, pepper and ginger, and commonly mixed ingredients with ale, white wine, vinegar or milk.’ ...

Curious medieval cures, including a treatment for gout that involved baking an owl then grinding it into a powder, are to be shared with the public online by Cambridge University Library.

“Medieval physicians also had access to and used a variety of spices in their formulations, such as cumin, pepper and ginger, and commonly mixed ingredients with ale, white wine, vinegar or milk.” ...

Curious medieval cures, including a treatment for gout that involved baking an owl then grinding it into a powder, are to be shared with the public online by Cambridge University Library. Another ...