A medieval casebook: hand cures documented in the Icelandic Sagas of bishops.
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.
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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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