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The episode opens with a quote from Jean Froissart, who humorously critiqued the qualifications of medieval doctors by suggesting they needed to be skilled deceivers who could kill without remorse. This notion sets the tone for the discussion about the inadequacies of medical knowledge during the 14th century, as doctors struggled to understand the bubonic plague, let alone treat it effectively.
The host then transitions into a demonstration of a distinctly odd remedy: a 15th-century Spanish recipe for candied horseradish. While the intent is to illustrate a taste curiosity, it also serves as a vessel to explore the incredibly ineffective and strange remedies that would later be described.