This summer Cambridge University Library launched a very exciting new project diving in to the world of #medieval medicine.

From stuffing puppies to salting owls, what cures did our ancestors use to treat everyday aliments?
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/curious-medieval-medicine
#ULLookBack #CuriousCures #Medieval

This summer Cambridge University Library launched a very exciting new project diving in to the world of #medieval medicine.

From stuffing puppies to salting owls, what cures did our ancestors use to treat everyday aliments?
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/curious-medieval-medicine
#ULLookBack #CuriousCures #Medieval

<< #CuriousCures in the history of medicine: “One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, & alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed. >>

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