The treatment of the feet in Anglo-Saxon England

Foot

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-41

  Anderson, Trevor ^a  

^a Vichy House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Saxon documents; Feet bones; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOVER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUCUMBER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1242342241     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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