"better give him a good bleeding!"

[wickedflea]

British doctors revive maggot treatment

Theodoric of York lives!

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[buscemi.livejournal.com]

"But doctor, are those maggots sterile?"

[luffbucket.livejournal.com]

Wow, those medieval doctors really knew their stuff. When a patient suddenly comes down with a bad case of homosexuality, they usually prescribed a red-hot poker up the arse. This was seen as a cure for unorthodox thoughts as well. Those 16th Century Spanish Catholics were really ahead of their time.