Plague Medicine: Opium, Gold, Poison Clouds
| Episode Number | 6 |
|---|---|
| Season | 1 |
| Aired | 2022-03-25 |
| Overview | The medicines and methods deployed to fight the Black Death, ineffective as most ultimately were, reveal a broader turn toward scientific thinking in medieval Europe. Learn about the “plague treatises” that circulated at the time, as well as the role of religion, astrology, environment, and diet in medieval medicine. |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Absolute Number | 0 |
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