[Steppes] Neat BBC link -- herbalists guild special interest

[Esther]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3745498.stm

And the first paragraph:


The medical world of medieval monks
By Jane Elliott
BBC News

Soutra Aisle. Pic:Philip Coppens
All that remains of the hospitaln (cool picture
missing)

Anaesthetics and disinfectants are thought to be a
modern medical invention but evidence is coming to
light that medieval doctors knew of them too. 

Esther

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