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Let us hear it for how great Anglo-Saxon researchers were!
Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Started conversation Apr 1, 2015
According to an item in the BBC, an ancient remedy for eye infections has been shown to effectively kill methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA. This is the stuff that caused a lot of problems in hospitals do to the misuse by the public of too many antibiotics when they are NOT useful.
The remedy has garlic with leek or onion ground up with cow bile and wine.It comes from an 1000 year old manuscript called 'Bald's Leechbook' from the British Library.
Evidently the researchers who put this together had used sound scientific methods for establishing their efficacy. Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32117815
Let's hear it for the scholars and librarians who kept this treasure trove safe all these years!
Let us hear it for how great Anglo-Saxon researchers were!
FWR Posted Apr 1, 2015
Lot to be said for watching horrible histories!
Let us hear it for how great Anglo-Saxon researchers were!
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Apr 2, 2015
I always knew that Granny knows best
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