Revolting Remedies from the Middle Ages

by Daniel Wakelin

Book Overview

For a zitty face: take urine eight days old and heat it over the fire; wash your face with it morning and night. In late medieval England, ordinary people, apothecaries, and physicians gathered up practical medical tips for everyday use. While some were sensible herbal cures, many were weird and wildly inventive, prescribing elixirs and regimens for problems like how to make a woman love you and how to stop dogs from barking at you. The would-be doctors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185124476X
• ISBN13: 9781851244768
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.8"