This late-medieval document is written in encoded text that has yet to be cracked. But its numerous illustrations provide clues about its content.
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Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages, where practicing rational “human medicine” was seen as an expression of faith and maintaining one’s health a religious duty.
Despite being cloistered in relative luxury, the holy men suffered from worms far more frequently than the general population.
The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.
This illustrated health manual dating back to the 13th century provides a glimpse of daily life in aristocratic households during the Middle Ages.
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