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Medieval remedies are attracting growing interest for their ingenuity. Far from clichés, these ancient practices reveal a methodical approach to health. Medieval manuscripts unveil surprisingly modern ...

Interior of a Doctor's House - from reproduction of a miniature from 'Epistre de Othea' by Christine de Pisan, c. 1430. In recent years, the quest for eternal life has become big business, as a ...

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 ...

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