Once thought of as the result of an imbalance in bodily humors, inflammatory skin diseases are now understood to arise from types of immune responses, opening the door to targeted therapies and ...

While the concept of the four humors has since been abandoned by modern medicine, bloodletting and "leech therapy" continue ...

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. “The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says ...

Modern Medicine Traces Its Scientific Roots to the Middle Ages Contrary to popular belief, early medieval doctors relied on rational deduction to understand and treat disease ...

The Medieval Period lasted from around 476 C.E. to 1453 C.E. The Renaissance and the Age of Discovery came after. Medieval medicine typically refers to a combination of natural and supernatural ...

Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry of ...

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. The “Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of ...