Medieval people were no exception ... While the concept of the four humors has since been abandoned by modern medicine, bloodletting and “leech therapy” continue to be performed in some ...

How a “history of the female body” speaks to similarities and differences between the sexes.

In an example of the lively interchange of ideas and loyalties in multicultural, medieval ... medicine. The early theoretical basis of Islamic medicine drew on the Greek and Roman theory of humors ...

Wafer-like “cookies” that have a lovely blend of spices, but are otherwise a bit like hardtack (clack clack) and wine spiced with galingale (galangal) and licorice that gets its color from steeped ...