[MR] Cambridge Uni: Medieval Medical Manuscripts Exhibition

[Catherine Windsor]

M’Lord, 

My medieval history professor’s area of study was contraceptives of the Middle Ages. He mentioned weasel testicles. So much for getting anything else done in class that day! 

Julia
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> On May 18, 2025, at 5:53 AM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford via Atlantia <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> wrote:
> 
> Noble friends,
> 
> Lady Bethoc ingen Alpin called my attention (thank you m'lady) to the
> online promotional pages for an exhibition of early medical texts:
> https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Curious-Cures-Exhibition .
> 
> The web page is a sampler, richly endowed with period illustrations, as
> well as some fascinating examples of cures -- weasel testicles as a remedy
> for female infertility. If that doesn't spark your interest, I don't know
> what else will.
> 
> Doubtful that many readers will pack up and jet over to England just for
> this exhibit, but you all can at least enjoy the web site.
> 
> Yours Aye,
> 
> Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆
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