This is sooooooo very cool.
UK Scientists have re-created a millennium-old recipe from Bald's Leechbook (a leatherbound, Old English collection of unguents reputed to be one of the earliest-known medical tomes) that seemingly eliminates that modern super-scourge, MRSA.
The concoction calls for garlic, onions (or leeks), wine, and bovine bile to be boiled in a brass vessel, then left to stand for nine days before being strained through a cloth. I'm sure "during an eclipse" and "while chewing dandelions plucked from a bishop's grave" are in the mix somewhere.
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Just think what this means for denizens of the Mutant Future. Thee Olde Wayes (am I doing that right?) just may contain the secrets for combating bioweapons and hyper-germs!
That is crazy levels of awesome!
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