Here's a link to an article about inter-disciplinary research going on at the University of Nottingham. An Anglo-Saxon medical text is being used to come up with solutions to illnesses we are struggling with today. Modern experiments show that the Anglo-Saxons must have been testing their medicines, and making alterations based on results. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3018184/Medieval-potion-onions-garlic-wine-bile-cow-s-stomach-kill-hospital-superbugs.html

University of Nottingham campus, with the Trent Building in the background.