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Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments have been revealed in a new exhibition at the Cambridge University Library.
Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, looks at how medical practitioners of the time sought to understand and treat illness with often strange methods. Dr James Freeman, the exhibition's ...
Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – will feature in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: ...
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 ...
Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies feature in an exhibition on our ancestors’ quest to cure everything from ...
THE ART OF MEDICINE Medieval Islamic doctors broke new ground in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases such as smallpox, and pioneering lifesaving surgical procedures. Their interest also ...
Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at how medical practitioners of the time sought to understand and treat illness with… strange methods. One 15th Century manuscript compiled by ...
A new exhibition called Curious Cures at Cambridge University Library explores medicine in the medieval era. Dozens of unique medical manuscripts, recipes, cures and guides to healthy living from ...
Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at how medical practitioners of the time sought to understand and treat illness with often strange methods. Dr James Freeman, the exhibition’s ...
Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – will feature in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious ...