For centuries, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has housed hundreds of medieval medical texts, but their contents--the conditions that were described, the prescriptions that were advised--have ...

Medieval remedies are attracting growing interest for their ingenuity. Far from clichés, these ancient practices reveal a methodical approach to health. Medieval manuscripts unveil surprisingly modern ...

It turns out the Dark Ages weren’t all that dark! According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok ...

Restrictions on medical care for transgender youth assume that without the ability to medically transition, trans people will vanish. History, however, shows that withholding health care does not make ...

Sekanjabin is an ancient Persian drink, made typically with vinegar, honey, and fresh mint. It's been a cooling remedy in ...

Image, word and medicine in the Middle Ages / Peter Murray Jones -- Latin crusaders, Byzantine herbals / Alain Touwaide -- The illuminated Tacuinum sanitatis manuscripts from northern Italy ca.

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

It is this question that Ayoush Lazikani – a literary scholar rather than a historian of science – sets out to address in The ...