Stories
- Article
A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
- In pictures
Herbal medicines and the early modern menopause
Held responsible for their own “rebellious distempers” – or menopausal symptoms – women had no choice but to keep quiet and resort to unpalatable concoctions in the hope of relief, as Julia Nurse explains.
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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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An animated almanac for the modern world
Discover why Thomas Coleman wanted to make a medieval folding almanac relevant to the modern world and see the film for yourself.
Catalogue
- Books
Medicine and humanism in late Medieval Italy : the Carrara Herbal in Padua / Sarah R. Kyle.
Kyle, Sarah RozaljaDate: 2017- Books
- Online
Medieval Chinese Medicine.
Cullen, ChristopherDate: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
Medieval Medicine and Surgery
Date: 1941Reference: MS.8172Part of: Neuburger, Max (1868-1955)- Books
Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture / Virginia Langum.
Langum, VirginiaDate: [2016]- Books
Herbs and healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West : essays in honor of John M. Riddle / edited by Anne Van Arsdall and Timothy Graham.
Date: [2012], ©2012