the almanac contained lists and explanations of different forms of medicinal plants, the formulas and classifications of the medicines derived therefrom, descriptions and locations of medicinal waters and the collected therapeutic memory of an entire people.

the chernoviz compendium was groundbreaking in its utility. at the time, both natives and westerners practiced bloodletting, with leeches and cutting, to often less than desirable effect. faced with the barbarity and inadequacy of contemporary medical treatment, people began to seek out cures of a material and spiritual nature, which would not subject them to such suffering.