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A medieval casebook: hand cures documented in the Icelandic Sagas of bishops
D C Whaley1, D Elliot, M A McClinton
1University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|October 1, 1994
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.