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A COLLECTION OF REVOLTING REMEDIES FROM THE MIDDLE AGES

Jun 13, 2023

archaeology, Book Reviews, humour, Science, sources

acne, aphrodisiacs, Bodleian Library, breasts, British Library, constipation, diorrhea, earache, freckles, genitalia, haemorroids, hair growth, manuscripts, medicine, Middle English, Museum of London, nosebleeds, Oxford University, Revolting Remedies from the Middle Ages, swelling, translation

Reblogged fromA COLLECTION OF REVOLTING REMEDIES FROM THE MIDDLE AGES Revolting Remedies from the Middle Ages. Edited by Professor Daniel Wakelin. Published by the Bodleian Library Oxford. Under the Dreaming Spires of Oxford – well Oxford University to be precise – a group of students have compiled and transcribed this entertaining selection of remedies from…
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER…

Apr 30, 2015

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anaphylactic shock, evidence, food allergies, John Ashdown-Hill, swelling, Thomas More, tic, urticaria

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER…. A mere few days after receiving John Ashdown-Hill’s latest book, THE MYTHOLOGY OF RICHARD III, I noticed that one of the national newspapers was, perhaps not surprisingly, continuing in the grand tradition and dispensing yet more mythology about the King, in the following article on food allergies. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11532208/Yes-Ive-got-a-food-allergy.-Now-stop-rolling-your-eyes-at-me.html Now the idea that…