In todays deep dive into the world of Medieval Medical Care Historian Matt Lewis and Kevin Goodman - the time travelling medicine man - take a look into Battlefield Surgery to discover the grizlzly ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

Medieval medicine operated without germ theory, chemistry, or controlled trials. Doctors relied on taste, smell, astrology, and tradition to diagnose illness. This led to remedies that sound bizarre ...

Have you ever wondered how a trebuchet works? Well, instead of reading up on the subject in a book or online, you can just play Age of Empires 4, which will feature around an hour of distinct segments ...

A stunning French castle recently hit the market — with a high listing price that few can afford. But its history of nearly 1,000 years may interest many more. Le Château de la Verdière, located in ...

The dig might have uncovered some of the earliest victims of the Black Death, and other tantalizing clues about medieval life in the citadel. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of ...

Recently, an item from the collection of London’s famous Victoria and Albert Museum caused something of a stir online when the museum’s metalwork curator unboxed a rare antimonial cup dating back to ...

The history of recent science has often proved a battlefield. Historians sometimes accuse scientists who turn their hands to reporting history as being naive and uncritical, writing 'tunnel–vision' ...

1 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Objectives: To determine if athletes with a ...

The UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is an integral part of one of the nation's largest health systems. Nationally known for our compassionate care, cutting-edge research, ...

A fanciful 19th-century retreat sits on an island known as the Rock in Lough Key, in County Roscommon. Beneath the building lie the remains of a castle belonging to the MacDermots, one of medieval ...

On a balmy July afternoon, archaeologist Roos van Oosten strides through a muddied plot of land near the center of the Dutch city of Leiden and takes an exploratory sniff. The plot, bordered on all ...