Some fun ideas from the Middle Ages for staying healthy
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From "Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion" by Joshua Trachtenberg: "As a remedy for insomnia, induce a louse captured on the patient's head to crawl into a hollow bone, seal the bone, and hang about the patient's neck." "Still another remedy for weak eyes was to gaze fixedly into the mirror for a while; 'some scribes set a mirror in front of them when they are writing, and occasionally stare into it, so that their sight may not be dimmed."
Some fun ideas from the Middle Ages for staying healthy
Some fun ideas from the Middle Ages for…
Some fun ideas from the Middle Ages for staying healthy
From "Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion" by Joshua Trachtenberg: "As a remedy for insomnia, induce a louse captured on the patient's head to crawl into a hollow bone, seal the bone, and hang about the patient's neck." "Still another remedy for weak eyes was to gaze fixedly into the mirror for a while; 'some scribes set a mirror in front of them when they are writing, and occasionally stare into it, so that their sight may not be dimmed."