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How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age

How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age

Update: 2025-11-04
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Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval texts to find how frogs were depicted and used for medicinal purposes.
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How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age

How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age