Submitted by T. Smyth on Sat, 29/03/2025 - 11:02
A major new exhibition open now at Cambridge University Library shines a light on health and disease in the medieval world – including how our ancestors sought to manage infertility, childbirth and menstruation. Featuring dozens of unique, centuries-old medical manuscripts, Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World brings together texts, diagrams and case-notes from special collections around Cambridge. The exhibition is part of a 2-year, Wellcome-funded project to digitise, catalogue and conserve over 180 medieval manuscripts and to transcribe the 8,000+ unpublished medical recipes they contain.
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