A new project is unearthing manuscripts up to 1000 years old and reveals the bizarre medical remedies recommended by those in the medieval era. 9News
The violence of medieval society is detailed in the recipes, from gruesome animal-derived treatments to advice on how to set broken bones or determine whether a skull has been fractured.
The recipes typically comprise of a short series of simple instructions, similar to a modern-day prescription or cookery book. What about cataracts? One recipe suggested mixing a hare's gall bladder with honey and applying it to the eye with a feather. This was a three-night course of treatment.
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