title: A medieval casebook: hand cures documented in the Icelandic Sagas of bishops.
abstract: The Sagas of Icelandic bishops composed in and around the 13th century reveal something of the incidence and treatment of various hand conditions in the medieval period. A selection from the relevant material is translated and discussed.
authors: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors: D C
authors: DC
authors: Whaley
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Elliot
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: McClinton
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history; D006226:Hand Deformities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D008092:Literature, Medieval / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D012068:Religion and Medicine