title: Cleft lip surgery in Anglo-Saxon Britain: the Leech Book (circa A.D. 920).
abstract: The Leech Book, the oldest known Anglo-Saxon herbarium, probably written in Winchester, circa A.D. 920, by Cyril Bald or at his special request, contains a short chapter on the surgical treatment of the cleft lip; this chapter apparently represents the first record in a medical manuscript of this treatment. The original Anglo-Saxon text is presented together with transcriptions into more modern English. The general value of the Leech Book is briefly studied.
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom