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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    Mitcham, Surrey (cemetery), 29, 389. Mobi Clarainech, 65. Modranicht [Christmas Eve], 141. Modwenna, St., 374. Monap-gecynd [menses], 417. Monstrosities, 269. Moon, 249; (influence on herbs), 320-1. Moraf. 1 [drink], 360. Morbus regius, 271-6. Mugwort, 237, 262, 335-6. Muiredach, son of Cathal, king of Ui- Cremthainn, 415. Mushrooms (to secure pregnancy), 268. Narrative charms, 241-6. Nature (worship of), 136-40. Neck, 392-4. Neot, St., 198. Nerthus, 431-2. New Year, 141. Niall, son of Iallan, 415. Night-blindness, 384. Nightmare, 164-7. Nine, 213-14. 'Nine magic herbs’ charm, 334-40. Nine waves (pestilence not further), 75 - Nirwett [oppression of the chest], 394 - 5 - ‘Node’s sisters’ charm, 252. Nodfyr, 139-40. North (pagan), 133-4. Numbers (magic of), 214-16. Nyctalopia, 384-5. Nyrwyt [oppression of the chest], 394 - 5 - Oak (at Geismar in Hesse), 138. Obligatores, 231. Obstetrics, 264-70. Ofer-geteung [tetanus], 393. Ointment (sealf), 302. Olaf, St., king of Norway, 183 (n. 3), 188, 201, 272-3. Oman [erysipelas], 379-80; ( hors - Oman), 428. On-feall [swelling], 378. Orcen, 130. Ostrida, queen of the Mercians, 183. Oswald, bp. of Worcester (founds hospital at Worcester?), 96. Oswald, St., king of Northumbria, 182-7, 260. Oven, 248. Oxa [physician], 6. Oxumelli (a ‘southern acid drink’), 417. Paralysis, 194, 413-16. Patrick, St. (Lorica of), 158. Pearson (Karl) (statistics for Anglo- Saxon stature), 28. Pellitus, ‘astrologus’ to Edwin of North umbria, 155. Penitentials (as sources), 21-23. Peony (cure for lunacy), 233; (cure for nightmare), 166; (luminous), 327 - Perham Down, Wilts, (burial), 388-9. Personification of disease, 184. Pestis flava, 64 et seq. Peter, St., 244-5. Peterborough abbey, Northants. (relics at), 185, 209. Petersfinger, Wilts, (cemetery), 31, 39 °- Petosiris (circle of), 157, 289. Petroc, St., 183 (n. 5), 187-8. Petroleum, 45, 225, 301. Philacterium, 231. Pigs, 349-50, 427. Pills, 302. Placenta ( halan ), 269. Plantain, 314, 336-7. Pliny, Natural History, 7, 38; (his definition of magic), 7. Росс, poc-ddl [pustule], 376-7. Poison, 282-7. Poliomyelitis (?), 32, 83. Pontefract, Yorks, (hospital of St. Nicholas), 96. Poppy, 412-13. Posel, posting [pill], 302. Poultice (clfSa), 302. Precatio Terrae Matris, 431-2, 439-40. Pregnancy, 266-9. Priebsch (Robert Charles). 242, 254, 430 (n. 1). Prima signatio, 123. Prognostication, 288-9. Purgatives, 302, 410. Purity (personal), 228. Quartan fever, 404. Quinsy ( sweor-coSu ), 392-3. Rabies, 418. Rsedwald, king of East Anglia, 123. Ralph d’Escures, abp. of Canterbury, 209-10. Rat, 54, 76, 81-82. Red, 218-19. Relapsing fever, 68-69. Relics, 178-210. Respiration, 394-6. ‘Rheum’ (dropa), 407-8. Rhizotomists, 315. Ricinus [castor-oil plant], 324.