Doctor bleeding a patient

Medicine and health

Photo of pipe and tobacco

Stuart

Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Medieval

Snail poultices and blood potions: 9 weird medieval medicines

Photo of marble relief depicting Hippocrates

Ancient Greece

Why did Hippocrates eat earwax?

Diorite stela inscribed with the laws of King Hammurabi of Babylon, around 3,800 years ago. Hammurabi sits enthroned at top of the stela. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Bronze Age

Q&AWho first attempted to regulate medicine?

Medieval

Top 10 Plantagenet podcasts – from the Black Death to Richard III

An illustration of a Tudor street

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“Mooke, fylthe and other vyle things”: Tudor dirt and dung. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the Zodiac Man

General ancient history

Q&AWhy did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

An Egyptian mummy receiving a CT scan

Ancient EgyptgalleryLooking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

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The Black Death and Tudor adventurers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History explorer: the catastrophe of the Black Death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Disability history

British microbiologist and discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming. (Photo by Ipsumpix/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The end of slavery and headaches in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two women from South America. Six centuries ago South American civilisations matched the west in some respects. (Getty Images)

General Modern

The wonder of the west

A woman puts a foundling, or her own unwanted child, into a revolving doorway in a hospital or orphanage wall, intended for unwanted children. (Getty Images)

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Illustration of couple with bubonic plague

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Where the Black Death happened: 9 places connected to the plague. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A pregnant woman receives a piece of beef

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"A taste for husbands' buttocks": the bizarre history of pregnancy cravings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

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Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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