Curious cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World

Fascinated by health and wellbeing? So were our medieval ancestors.  

Discover a time when unusual ingredients and questionable remedies mixed with genuine curiosity about how bodies function, creating a complex and intriguing world of ritual healing, herbal recipes, stargazing and surgery. Come and see what the doctor ordered... 

The culmination of a two-year Wellcome-funded research project, to digitise, catalogue and conserve over 180 precious medieval medical manuscripts, Curious Cures brings together texts, diagrams and case-notes from special collections cared for by Cambridge University Library and twelve Cambridge colleges.  

The exhibition is curated by Medieval Manuscripts Specialist, Dr James Freeman. View the Curious Cures Reading List, created by Dr Freeman.