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Rare 500-year-old illustrated medical book shows doctors analysing urine

A rare medieval book gives an insight into the bizarre medical practices used 500 years ago.

It has gone on display for the first time at the University of Aberdeen.

The De Hortus Sanitatis, which translates as the Garden of Health, shows some of the medical methods practiced in Scotland five centuries ago and is one of the earliest European medical texts.

The book, first printed in Mainz, Germany, in 1491, is a fusion of late medieval science and folklore....

Meanwhile, detailed illustrations reveal how physicians used to study the colour of urine to make diagnoses....

Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)