REVOLTING REMEDIES FROM THE MIDDLE AGES

In late medieval England, ordinary people, apothecaries and physicians gathered up practical medical tips for everyday use. Here are sensible herbal cures - and many more which are embarrassing, icky or simply bizarre. The would-be doctors seem oblivious to pain, and any animal, vegetable or mineral, let alone bodily fluid, can be ground up, smeared on or inserted for medical benefit. Written in the down-to-earth speech of the time, these remedies give a humorous insight into the strange ideas, ingenuity and bravery of people in the Middle Ages.