When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th ...
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Scabies is a highly contagious skin infection caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite, with symptoms beginning with an intensely ...
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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 ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Meg Leja, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) ...
Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. “The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says ...