Medieval medicine is undergoing a reputation makeover. New research reveals that far from being stuck in superstition, early Europeans actively explored healing practices based on nature, observation, ...

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It turns out the Dark Ages weren't all that dark. According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok ...

“Take three or four weasel testicles and half a handful of young mouse-ear [a plant] and burn it all equally in an earthenware pot…” This is no witch’s potion, but a 15th-century attempt to cure ...