Unravelling the
techno-speak of period medicine.
Period remedies often appear - to the modern glance - ridiculous, quaint or just terrifying. Picking your way through the maze of practitioners and remedies on offer we best done with a good understanding of the theories behind the cures.
This lecture explores those theories and how they appeared to everyday people. It covers:
- The Humours
- Astrology
- The Doctrine of Signatures
- Witchcraft
- The relative merits of different practitioners.
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