Bald's Leechbook works! Well, this bit does anyway.

[bunn]

Just came across this news story from March.

"Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach.

They were "astonished" to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA.

Their findings will be presented at a national microbiology conference."

Go, Bald!  Onion, garlic and cow's stomach, eh?  And early practitioner of the scientific method?  Well, I suppose modern science is woefully lacking in techniques to deal with all those problems caused by malevolent elves, for a start.

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[timetiger.livejournal.com]

This is very pleasing to me, partly on general principles but also because in the fan fiction thing I've been working on since I was a much younger woman, there's a brief glimpse of an Anglo-Saxon anchoress. Must ponder whether I can work inthe word "leechbook."

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It's great, isn't it?