For medieval doctors, vulture brains and cow bile operated according to the same logic that continues to inform research today: Nature operates in mysterious ways, but rational deduction can ...

Two researchers are proposing a new reading of the Song of Wade, a once widely known epic from the 12th century, thanks to a ...

Medieval doctors saw fertility as having a cut-off point rather than slowly declining with age, ancient medical texts show. Male and female reproductive aging was seen as similar processes which ...

400-Year-Old Prosthetic Hand Reveals Medieval Doctors Had Some Impressive Skills Archaeologists uncovered the rare find along with the skeleton of its erstwhile owner. Laura Simmons ...

Sylwia Kurzyńska described the find as "one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Poland in recent years" and ...

The early medieval scribes responsible for producing the medical books of their age crafted powerful arguments about the of the doctor. Their arguments manifest in by setting him parallel to Christ.