Jenny Lehman in Discover Magazine:
Most of us wouldn’t consider the Middle Ages the epitome of medical sophistication, thanks to our perception of their barbaric and (from a modern perspective) ridiculous strategies for helping the ill. But against all prejudices, medieval medicine was actually more advanced and science-based than we might think.
A team of researchers from the State University of New York at Binghamton, Fordham, St. Andrews, Utrecht, and Oslo dug through hundreds of medieval manuscripts and compiled their findings into a catalog that updates our assumptions about medical practices during the early Middle Ages, often labeled the Dark Ages. And given the current surge of alternative or natural wellness tips on social media, it may come as no surprise in the everything-old-is-new-again world of popular culture that medieval knowledge is making a comeback on platforms like TikTok.
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