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Animals in medical experiments in the Middle Ages

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This work-in-progress paper discusses the medical uses of animals in three medieval ‘books of experiments’ from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: The Book of Experiments, The Secrets of Galen and The Book of Sixty Animals. Animal preparations were a fundamental part of medical and magical practice in the Middle Ages and I wish to ascertain which animals were believed to have particular efficacious properties, and what explanations for their powers were given or can be inferred. I will also examine the relationship between the early medieval tradition regarding the properties of animals and changes due to the availability of new texts.

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