The practice of medieval medicine featured a diverse array of treatments, prominently including leeches, though it encompassed much more. The Curious Cures project has digitized 190 manuscripts containing over 7,000 pages of medical recipes, revealing unusual items used in treatments such as dove feces, fox lungs, and eel grease. These documents showcase a blend of folk and official knowledge, offering insight into the medical practices of that era and the various materials believed to have healing properties.
A Wellcome Research Resources Award-funded project of the University of Cambridge Libraries has recently finished conserving, digitizing, and making available online 190 manuscripts containing more than 7,000 pages of medieval medical recipes.
One can find a wonderland of dove feces, fox lungs, salted owl, eel grease, and even quicksilver among the manuscripts digitized by Curious Cures.
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