Leechbook

Quick meaning: Leechbook is a noun meaning (historical) A medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches.

Meaning

(historical) A medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches.

Example Sentences

This Saxon manuscript has a dignity which is unique, for it is the oldest existing leech book written in the vernacular.

One of the old Leech Books gives the formula for a salve against the "elfin race and nocturnal goblin visitors." Fourteen herbs, including wormwood, viper's bugloss and fennel, were first gathered.

2004, J. P. Griffin treacle and the foundation of medicines regulation The first was directly from Byzantine or other eastern sources, for example a Saxon leechbook of the 11th century records that Abel the Patriarch of Jerusalem sent Mithridatium or theriac to King Alfred the Great, who died on 26 October 899

Word Forms

• leechbooks

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leech, leechdom, leachour, sanguisuge, bibliotheque, leer.

Related Dictionary Tools