Karfunkel Codex No. 11 Medieval Medicine
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Karfunkel Codex No. 11 Medieval Medicine
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- A brief history of scholarly medicine - folk medicine and magic
- Arabic medicine
- Medieval hospitals
- Monastic medicine, orders and healing arts
- Barber-surgeons, surgeons, apothecaries and more: professions related to the healing arts
- Possessed by demons... Mental illnesses in the Middle Ages
- Anesthetics and narcotics - bloodletting, cupping
- Uroscopy: diagnostic and treatment methods
- Scrofula, St. Anthony's Fire, and other forgotten diseases
- The great plagues
- Theriac, mumia, and relics - all sorts of curious remedies
- Parasites and the topic of hygiene
- Life expectancy in the Middle Ages
- A small guide to herbs: DIY medieval home and travel remedies, and much more!