Poultices were a common part of medieval medicine. I guess this would be like using a hot water bottle.' Dr Philippa Kaye tries the remedy out for herself... It isn't every day I use my kitchen to ...

Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and ...

Poultices were a common part of medieval medicine. I guess this would be like using a hot water bottle.' Dr Philippa Kaye tries the remedy out for herself... It isn't every day I use my kitchen to ...

For a long time, medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. This time period is popularly referred to as the “Dark Ages,” which erroneously suggests that it was unenlightened by ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts detailing treatments ranging from the commonplace to the truly peculiar ...

Meg Leja does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

To transition without medicine, medieval transgender people relied on changes they could make themselves. They cut their hair, put on different clothes, changed their names, and found new places ...

But in this sweeping examination of poison’s role in medieval Chinese medicine, Yan Liu, an assistant professor of history in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, convincingly ...