Medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. However, some medievalists and scientists are looking back to history for clues to inform the search for new antibiotics.

Medieval physicians, too, scrutinised the night skies and consulted elaborate hand-drawn charts before performing phlebotomy, the most prevalent health intervention until the 18th century.

It is a translation of the major work of a significant medieval physician, Bernard of Gordon. His “Lilium medicinae” was translated and printed continuously over many centuries, until at least ...

The “Lylye of Medicynes” is a 15th-century Middle English translation of the Latin “Lilium medicinae,” first completed in 1305. It is a translation of the major work of a significant medieval ...

It is a translation of the major work of a significant medieval physician, Bernard of Gordon. His “Lilium medicinae” was translated and printed continuously over many centuries, until at least ...

It is a translation of the major work of a significant medieval physician, Bernard of Gordon. His “Lilium medicinae” was translated and printed continuously over many centuries, until at least ...

A medieval medicines database. The “Lylye of Medicynes” is a 15th-century Middle English translation of the Latin “Lilium medicinae,” first completed in 1305.

For a long time, medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. This time period is popularly referred to as the “Dark Ages,” which erroneously suggests that it was unenlightened by ...

Things went off the rails for humourism when medieval physicians took a lifestyle meant to maintain wellness and tried to turn it into an intervention to cure acute conditions. Rather than topping off ...

Medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. However, some medievalists and scientists are looking back to history for clues to inform the search for new antibiotics.