Strange, ingenious, and terrifying healing traditions from the ancient world; combining archaeology, forensics, and stylized reconstructions, it explores topics like toxic remedies, pirate cures, early acupuncture, and Roman battlefield surgeries.
Royal cures, ancient disease and early surgery reveal medicine's darkest hopes.
Roman remedies, ancient opium and Stone Age surgery rewrite medical history.
Bloodletting barbers and star-reading physicians are medicine's ancient roots.
Roman spells, stone-carved cures and fossil relics blur medicine and magic.
Grim sea cures, ancient surgery and toxic remedies reveal medicine's extremes.
A toxic healing cup, Roman medicine and lost secrets of China are explored.
Macabre cures, toxic tonics and Mayan healing rituals reveal medicine's wild past.
Strange stones, electric catfish and ancient cannabis reveal healing's hidden past.
Learn about China's immortal emperor, a rebel scholar and the Black Death.
Ancient clues reveal bold dentistry, hospital secrets, and an arcane prosthetic.