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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Anglo-Saxon Medicine? That’s Leeches and Bloodletting, right?
Right! Well, kind of. I get that question every time I tell someone what I research, and I love it. It gives me a basis to talk from. Much preferred to the alternatives of ‘Medieval studies? That’s…a real major?!’ or … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon/Old English, Medicine
Tagged bald's leechbook, bloodletting, cameron, charm, childbirth, eye salve, humors, humours, lacnunga, medicine, phlebotomy
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