A possible case of surgical treatment of cranial blunt force injury from medieval England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12371423 |
|---|---|
| Authors | May (0000-0002-0352-5625, English Heritage, corresponding author), S A Mays |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-103 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.806 |
| OpenAlex | W2023324881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
A possible example of surgical treatment of depressed fracture of the cranium is presented. The individual involved is a medieval peasant from Wharram Percy. The burial dates from the 10th–11th century AD. The surgery appears to have involved the use of trepanation by the scraping technique. This case pre‐dates the first documentary descriptions in the medieval West of similar operations to treat cranial fracture, and shows that access to complex surgical treatment was not invariably the preserve of the wealthy in medieval England. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Ancient history · Archaeology · Blunt · Cranial trauma · Middle Ages · Peasant · Facial Trauma and Fracture Management · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Medicine · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries · Surgery
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |