Comic #6753: medieval

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Top panel: "Somewhere, in a medieval medical text:
HAVE THREE VIRGINS MAKE A CHEESE OF GOAT'S MILK BENEATH A FULL MOON, PLACING SAID CHEESE IN A VAT OF GOOSE URINE TO AGE FOR SEVEN TIMES SEVEN NIGHTS. THE SAID CHEESE MUST BE FED TO A SHE-BEAR NAMED TIFFANY, WHO MUST BE SLAUGHTERED WITH A BRONZE DIRK. TAKE THE CONTENTS OF TIFFANY'S STOMACH AND PASS IT THROUGH A SILVER RING ON WHITSUNDAY, THEN RUB IT AGAINST A WOUND INTO WHICH A SPEAR IS LODGED, WHEREUPON THE SPEAR WILL LEAP FROM THE BONE, THE BONE HEALING ITSELF AT ONCE."

Bottom panel: "LATER, IN THE MOUTH OF A POP SCIENCE WRITER:
AND SOMEHOW THESE ANCIENT PEOPLE KNEW CALCIUM WAS GOOD FOR BONES!"