The first book to study Old English medical texts.

This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth cent

Winner of the Best First Monograph from the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) 2021. An examination of the Old English medic

"This new book presents a fascinating illustrated compilation of some of the most curious and disturbing cures from history, from the Middle Ages to the ninetee

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Being a Collection of Documents Illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest