Fruit of the Womb: Prenatal Food in Renaissance Italy
One of the crucial tenants of Renaissance Italian humoral theory is the belief that females are of a colder and wetter disposition than the hotter, drier nature of males.
Exhibit Category: Historic Medicine
Against Sunburn
Some more research in medieval medicine. “An ointment that the Salernitan women make that is very good for sunburn and fissures of any kind….”
Beekeeping through the Ages
An overview of beekeeping from antiquity through modern times. Looking at hive designs, tools, methods, myths and theories.
Toothaches, Anesthesia, and Fertility Control – pre-1600s European Medicines
Some research in medieval medicine.
A Medieval Medicine Chest and A Garden of Herbs
Tools of the healer’s art, remedies, and bringing an herb garden to a Crown event.