Join Medieval Historian Matt Lewis as he uncovers the world of Medieval health care, Discover the past on History Hit with ad ...

The Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project will see more than 180 medieval manuscripts — which together contain over 8,000 unedited medical recipes — digitized, preserved and made ...

In todays deep dive into the world of Medieval Medical Care Historian Matt Lewis and Kevin Goodman - the time travelling medicine man - take a look into the painful art of Medieval Dentistry to help ...

Medieval medical experts stressed that such an approach became increasingly important later in life, because as a person aged, their body cooled and dried—and death occurred when all of their ...

Carine van Rhijn researched medieval medical texts in unexpected places: “When you start looking at manuscripts, you never know what you’re going to find".

Archaeologists in a historic city recently came across the remnants of an expansive medieval hospital. The discovery was ...

Anaesthetics and disinfectants are thought to be a modern medical invention but evidence is coming to light that medieval doctors knew of them too. Evidence found at the ancient Soutra Hospital site, ...

A new exhibition offers a glimpse into the unusual and sometimes bizarre medical practices of the Middle Ages.. The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval ...

Frontlines | A Peek Inside a Medieval Medicine Cabinet Courtesy of Wolfgang Eckart For centuries, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has housed hundreds of medieval medical texts, but their ...

By Megan Cassidy-Welch (CNN) — Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders ...

The medieval medical system revolved around the theory of humors, four bodily fluids believed to influence health. Hair loss was often linked to an imbalance of these humors, ...