The discovery of hundreds of medical tools at a single site has led scientists to believe that Allianoi might have been the site of a Roman medical center, or maybe even a medieval hospital ...

Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Here’s what medieval people believed would keep them healthy.

Bloodletting was central to medieval medical practice. It used leeches or sharp knife-like instruments to nick the vein and cause blood to drain from the body. It was performed both preventatively ...