De Hogeweyk – Nursing home
De Hogeweyk is a residential area in the Netherlands for the elderly with severe dementia, offering them an opportunity to lead a better and more active daily life than in…
Isle of May
The Isle of May, in Scotland, has been a center of healing and recuperation for over a Millenium. The Pictish people used the Isle as early as 500 AD, with…
Hereditary physicians
Medieval and Early Modern Ireland had a long tradition of hereditary healers. These physicians would serve a community over the generations, passing on their medical knowledge from one generation to…
Jelling Stone
In Jelling, Denmark, Harald Bluetooth had a runestone raised in memory of his parents, King Gorm and Queen Thyra. The monument stands next to the two enormous ship settings (burial…
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital
Dublin's Rotunda Hospital was created in response to the Great Irish Famine of 1739-1740. The Winter had devastated Ireland, creating a famine that wiped out perhaps as much as a…
Chiron
Half man and half horse, the centaur Chiron was seen as a healing figure in Greek Mythology. Sometimes depicted on pottery like the example below, he possessed an uncanny healing…