The medical background of Anglo-Saxon England : a study in history, psychology, and folklore / [Wilfrid Bonser].

  • Wilfrid Bonser
Date:
1963
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Credit: The medical background of Anglo-Saxon England : a study in history, psychology, and folklore / [Wilfrid Bonser]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Index Acehorn (founds hospital at Flixton), 96. Adderwort, 283. Adi [pain], ii. Æcelma [chilblain], 301. Ædre [channel], 10. Ædre-seax [lancet], 97. Ælfheah, St., abp. of Canterbury , 194. Ælfleda, abbess of Whitby, 176, 222. Ælfric, abbot of Ey ns ham, 118-19; ( as source), 16. Ælfric, abp. of Canterbury (Collo- quium), 353-4- Ælfsiden, Ælfsogopa, 163, 263. Ælfweard, bp. of London, 373. Ælsinus, abbot of Peterborough, 208. Ælviva, abbess of Wilton, 272. Æsir, 158, 161. Æ-smæl [contraction of the pupil], zi8, 382, 385. Æthelberga, St., abbess of Brie, 195. Æthelberht, king of the East Angles, 196. Æthelberht, king of Kent, 119; (con verts church of St. Paneras), 122; (laws), 105-7; (receives Augustine), 119. Æthelflæd, lady of the Mercians, 186. Æthelthryth, St., abbess of Ely. See Etheldreda. Aetiology, 34 et seq.; (of pestilence), 55 - 57 - Afedan, 241, 267 (n. 5). Agate, 342-3. Aglaophotis, 327, 332. Aidan, St., bp. of Lindisfarne, 183 (n. 1), 185. Alban, St. (cures through his relics), 190. Alchmund, St., bp. of Hexham, 208. Aldhelm, St., bp. of Sherborne, 183 (n. 4). Alfred, king, 6, 44; (health of), 109-10; (laws), 129; (spirit ‘walks’ at Winchester), 134. Alfriston, Sussex (cemetery), 29. Alphege, St., abp. of Canterbury, 194. Alured Larwa, 202, 207-8. Amber (as protective agent), 234-5. Amulets, 231-7, 268. Ana-wyrm, 277. Andrew, St. (relics of), 199, 438. Andromeda (chains and monster at Joppa), 179. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (as source), 41. Animal remedies, 341-2. Anthrax, 93 (n.). Aphasia, 175. Apollonia, St., 244-5. Arason (Gudmund), bp. of Hólar, 133. Arculfus, bp., 44. Arestolabius’ prescription, 46, 307. Ash [tree], 138. Asterion, 327. Asthma, 167, 395. Astrology, 156-7. Athelstan, king, 204, 421 ; (founds hospital at York), 95. Ator [poison], 282. Atorcoppe [poisonous spider], 284-5. Attorlothe [herb], 338. Augury, 152-6. Augustine, abp. of Canterbury (at Cerne Abbas), 125-6; (cures blind man), 385 ; (instructions from Pope Gregory), 122; (letter to Gregory), 180; (received by TEthelberht in open air), 119. Aurora Borealis (?), 74. Baaras [herb], 331-2. Baccach (? poliomyelitis), 83. Bald [physician], 6. Baldwin of Chartres [physician to Edward the Confessor], 6, 194. Balsam, 45. Bamborough, Nhbd. (Oswald’s relics at), 184-5.^ Bdn-cofa, bdn-hus, ban-loca, bdn-sela [body], 11. Bangor, co. Down (food at monastery of St. Comgall), 356. Banstead, Surrey (burial), 31. Bardney abbey, Lines., 183. Barham Down, Kent (cemetery), 28. Barking abbey, Essex (pestilence at), 78 - Bath, Somerset (waters), 374. Baths, 299-301. Beads (amber, & c., as protective agents), 233-5. Bede, Venerable (as source), 14—15; (cured by Cuthbert’s relics), 188; (on aetiology of pestilence), 56; (Penitential), 21. Beer, 358-60. Bees, 428-30; (mortality of), 90, 430.