Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments have been revealed in a new exhibition at the Cambridge University Library.

A new exhibition called Curious Cures at Cambridge University Library explores medicine in the medieval era. Dozens of unique medical manuscripts, recipes, cures and guides to healthy living from ...

Health and disease in the medieval world – and how our ... (translated from Latin): “A true medicine, and often proven, so that a woman may conceive however sterile she may be. Take three or four ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World ... It says: “Take three or four weasel testicles and half a handful of young mouse-ear [a plant ...

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – will feature in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: ...

Curious Cures: Medicine ... “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. The medieval manuscripts are ...