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

  • Bonser, Wilfrid, 1887-1972.
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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    Treagait [colic], 93. Trees (worship of), 138. Trein-luibh [‘herb of power’], 331. Trolls, 133. Turketul, abbot of Croyland, 232. Tyriaca, 286-7. Unnit [tampering—with corpse], 134, 194. Un-trmnness [infirmity], 12. Utsiht [dysentery], 409. Uualhstod, monk , 174-5. Uvula, 393; (operation on), 100. Val-galdr [charm to conjure dead], 13 5. Vail velen, 67-69. Vedas, 280-1, 434-5. Venice (relics at), 180. Veronica (Berenice, in charms), 226. Vertigo (swinglung) , 381-2. Vespasian, Emperor (cures by), 275. Veterinary medicine, 421-30. Vineyards (in Domesday), 350 (n. 4). Votive offerings (chains), 119 (n.); (crutches), 190; (rats), 82 (n.). Wserc [pain], 11. Wseter-ddl [dropsy], 408-9, 439. Waster-gebléd [water-blister], 377. Wallburga, St., of Eichstadt, 199. Wamb [stomach], 397-9. Wareham, Dorset (well), 197. Warmth (production of), 299-301. Warts, 253-4. Water-blister {wseter-geblsed) , 377. Watton nunnery, Yorks, (sick nun at), 297. Waybread, see Plantain. Wearg-bréde [ulcer], 378. Wearmouth, Co. Durham (pestilence at), 80. Wearr [callosity], 379. Weather (and witchcraft), 150. Weights and measures, 303-5. Wells, 362; (worship of), 138-9. Wens, 253-4. Weoh [sacred precinct], 127. Werburga, St., abbess of Ely, 196. Wergulu [herb], 339. Wicca [sorcerer], 147-8. IVidsines [widdershins], 150, 224. Wiener Hundsegen, 242-3. Wiglere [diviner], 152. Wihtburh, St., nun at Ely, 193. Wihtred, king of Kent (laws), 129. Wilfrid, St., bp. of York, too, 128, 204, 369, 414-15. William, of Malmesbury (as source), 18. William, St., of York, 199. Willibald, bp. of Eichstadt, 44, 45 (n.). Wine, 361; (from vines in the Vale of Gloucester), 350. Winchester (cures at), 190-1. Witch, witchcraft, 145-52; (witch of Berkeley), 151^2. Woad, 217 (n. 5). Woden (in Havamal), 335; (in Nine Herbs charm), 335, 339; (in place- names), 127-8; (in Wiener Hund segen), 242. Women, diseases of, 417. Woodbridge, North Newnton, Wilts, (burial), 29. Worcester (hospitals at), 96; (Florence of, see Florence). Worms, 277-81, 382, 390-1, 411. Wound-drinks, 104. Wulfwin (cured of blindness by Ed ward the Confessor), 273-4. Wyrt, 358-9. Yellow, 219-20. Yellow Plague, 65 et seq. York (hospital at), 95. Yule, 141. Zedoary, 45-46, 164. Zend-Avesta, 40. Zodiac, signs of the, 295-6. Zug (St. Oswald’s church), 187. Zumbo (Gaetano Giulio), ceroplastico, 54 -