HERB - Ointments

[Keith E. Brandt, M.D.]

>Would anyone who has an idea of SCA publications be willing to
>comment on the viability of an article (TI or otherwise) detailing
>some common ointments? I'd be interested in sharing some of my experiments
>with others in the Known World via larger print publications than
>the local group newsletters, but I'm still quite unclear on what
>the SCA has to say exactly about the publication of information
>concerning herbs, recreations of balms, and and ointments created
>in the spirit of period medicinals.

If the article comes out to less than 3 or 4 typeset pages, it would
probably be appropriate for TI. Longer works could be submitted to the
Compleat Anachronist as a booklet. I would also be willing to put period
medical info on my Chirurgeon's web site.

The SCA is very much interested in educational value, but to keep the
lawyers happy I have usually seen a disclaimer to the effect of "This
information is provided for educational use only. Medicinal preparations
should only be used after consultation with a qualified medical
practitioner." The Compleat Herbal in the Compleat Anachronist leads off
with similar wording. (I'm currently off on the first of my many road trips
for the year, so I don't have the appropriate references handy.


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