July 6, 2009 | Posted by Mark This audio slideshow sort of backs up what I was saying in a previous post about Medieval medicine – but the quacks weren’t seen as quacks at the time and of course this medical ignorance lasted into the 2oth century.
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June 26, 2009 | Posted by Mark Imagine you are suffering from a bad fever, aches, cough and general flu like symptoms. You might even have the fearsome swine flu. Nowadays you might take pain-killers to relieve the symptoms, or seek medical advice in case you had something more serious. In the Middle Ages, if you could afford to see a doctor, [...]
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