[tomcooks]

It's free, and if your 'cure' doesn't work you can imply the person didn't try hard enough.

Same reason why most 'magic potions' include hard to achieve steps (steal church parchments, estract the liver of a dog, etc.).

[coldtea]

>steal church parchments, extract the liver of a dog

How are these "hard to achieve"?

[hennsen]

Big and heavy - requires anatomic knowledge (you know there was no Wikipedia showing exactly where that dog carries it’s liver)...

[DanAndersen]

You don't need academic knowledge of anatomy if you grow up in a culture (that of medieval peasants) where hunting, cleaning, and cooking animals was likely common. Much can be inferred from analogy, in the way the non-human dissections were (and still are) used for training surgeons.

[hennsen]

Many assumptions about the knowledge of the persons who shall apply the guidelines - but might be right.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

Probably in the same place as a sheep or a pig. A butcher would have no problem finding it. ;)

[hennsen]

Probably. Clearly if you happen to have a butcher at hand to get you the liver. Not sure if nowadays you could just bring a random dig to a butcher and ket him extract the liver for you - might be hygienic standards preventing to do it. Earlier might be the belief that dogs are dirty etc. but i don’t know...

[vixen99]

its liver

[hennsen]

Thanks! Very important!