Old English “Leech” Against MRSA?

Friday, April 3, 2015 - 16:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Are ancient remedies any good?  In scholarly circles the middle of the 20th Century, they didn’t seem to think so.  For example:‘Survey the mass of folly and credulity that makes up Anglo-Saxon leechdoms, it may be asked: “Is there any rational element here? Is the material based on anything that we may reasonably describe as experience?” The answer to both questions must be “Very little”.’ [1]But in the last few days we have been reading read more

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