Treatment Methods Used in the Middle Ages Will Be Shared

One of the world’s leading universities Cambridge, signed a project that will fall on the agenda like a bomb. In this project, which will cost 500 thousand pounds to complete, Middle Ages Treatment methods of the period will be shared with the public. The project, which will be managed by a scientist named James Freeman, is quite interesting treatments will reveal.

For the project of the University of Cambridge, about 180 manuscripts have come so far. 8000 medicinal recipes will be reviewed. According to the statement, most of these manuscripts are from the 1400s to 1500s. However, there are some that are much older. So much so that the oldest among the manuscripts to be studied, exactly 1000 years ago has been written.

High resolution images and texts will be published for free

*Medieval manuscript.

The treatment methods in the manuscripts from the Middle Ages were examined and clarified. Cambridge Digital Library will be made available to the public free of charge. Manuscripts to be shared high resolution images and texts translated into English.

“People have tried to improve their health in every period of history”

*An image showing the places where blood can be drawn from people.

Commenting on the project Dr. James Freemanstates that people have struggled to improve their health in every period of history. Reminding that medicine was not that advanced in those years, however, the scientist said that the available facilities were used and that not valid for the present describes how the methods have been developed. So what are the treatment methods identified so far? Let’s take a look at some of the treatment methods used in the Middle Ages…

Although preferred in the Middle Ages, some treatment methods that are not used today [Kesinlikle evde denemeyin!]

Cataract

*An informative text on urine tests in the Middle Ages.

Today, an interesting method was used for cataract, which is quite common and you can get rid of it with an operation performed in minutes. People in those years a rabbit’s gallbladder They mixed it with honey and applied it to their eyes for 3 nights…

Gout

*Above, you can see a page that keeps the patient’s information and history in the 14th century.

One of the interesting treatment methods in the Middle Ages was related to gout caused by protein consumption. A owl salt it The people who cooked it until it turned into powder mixed this powder with wild boar fat. The resulting ointment was applied to the patient’s body, and it was believed that this would cure the disease. Also a your puppy Filling and cooking with snails and sage and turning it into an ointment using oil was also one of the methods used for gout.

What else is there!

Medieval treatment methods to be shared with the public are not limited to these. Dr. In the statements made by James Freeman, for limb pain methods have been developed. In addition, the methods used to understand whether the skull is broken in armed injuries and the methods of how to boil a broken bone are also included in the manuscripts. On the other hand; also in those years couples without children Interesting methods have been developed for All these will be shared with all the details in the next 2 years.

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