Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments have been revealed in a new exhibition at the Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at how medical ...

Medieval medicine 'wasn't simply superstition or blind ... This richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide to healthy living originally composed two hundred years ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Medieval books were often bound with sealskin, as revealed by biocodicological analysis. Initially believed to be made from local animal skins, chemises were ...

Dr Freeman said medieval medicine “wasn’t simply superstition ... This richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide to healthy living originally composed two hundred ...

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and ...

Dr Freeman said medieval medicine “wasn’t simply superstition ... This richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide to healthy living originally composed two hundred ...

They used a book called the Valemecum which told them ... In 1348, the Black Death reached Britain. Medieval medicine was incapable of finding a cure, and it is estimated that over 2 million ...

Dr Freeman said medieval medicine “wasn’t simply superstition or blind trial ... wife of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII. The richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide ...