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Bloodletting at the barber-surgeon’s

Scratchy throat? Burning fever? Broken heart? It all comes down to the same issue: too much blood.

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In the tracks of Derek Jarman’s tears

Researcher E K Myerson shares her moving encounters with the personal papers of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.

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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines

From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.

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Getting sexy with cinnamon

Add some flavour to your love life with this spice. It will warm up more than just your buns.

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  • St Cuthbert Cure of Child Dying from plague, 12th century.
  • Clappers and crutches used by lepers. 12th Century.
  • Armenian Manuscript, fragments. Text is from the Gospel of St Luke 18: 31-39 12th century
  • Nacton allows the patient, not the ulcer, to dictate his diet : Syrian white earthenware bowl, mid 12th century.
  • Nacton allows the patient, not the ulcer, to dictate his diet : Syrian white earthenware bowl, mid 12th century.
  • Nacton allows the patient, not the ulcer, to dictate his diet : Syrian white earthenware bowl, mid 12th century.
  • Nacton allows the patient, not the ulcer, to dictate his diet : Syrian white earthenware bowl, mid 12th century.
  • Statue of Saint Adrien (St. Drien, Finisterre). Emblem: holding his entrails. Invoked against intestinal ailments and from 12th century onwards against the plague.
  • Statue of Saint Adrien (St. Drien, Finisterre). Emblem: holding his entrails. Invoked against intestinal ailments and from 12th century onwards against the plague.
  • An uncle visiting Majnun and Layla in the desert, from the story Layla and Majnun by Nizami, a 12th century Iranian poet. Gouache painting by a Persian artist.
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