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In the Middle Ages intentional food deprivation was associated with religious fasting, in more extreme cases known...

The origins of evacuatory medicine lie with the humoural system. When a person’s humours became imbalanced this...

From Ancient Greece to the 1800s much of medical practice was based around humoural theory. According to this idea,...

Friends, neighbours, church ministers and philanthropic members of the landed gentry shared medical recipes and...

Chefs and cookbooks have existed since the dawn of time; just think about the Roman cookbook De Re ...

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John Richmond was a distinguished physician who held several high offices in medicine: Professor and Dean of the...