![]() ![]() 1 A small pad was also placed on the lowest part of the mandible. In the case of an open fracture, one in which both bone and flesh are broken ('la depescure avient de l'os e de la char') the wound is kept open by inserting a tent. ![]() 1 The patient should then be given soft, easily digested food so that excessive chewing does not lead to recurrent dislocation. Afterwards one should apply a preparation of marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) and green ointment. 1 Reduction could be obtained by manipulation, while holding the mandibular condyles. 1ĭislocation of the jaw can be identified when the upper and lower teeth cannot be placed in normal apposition. Then apply a lotion made from wine and honey infused with roots of mullein (Verbascum thapsus) honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) pomegranate (Punica granata) pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethum) and ginger (Zingiber officinalis). 1 Then the gums should be washed in wine and after three days, rubbed with alum. ![]() However, in the acute stage, the disease can be cured by cutting into the normal flesh around the hard cancer and then cauterising the wound and sealing it with egg yolk ('muel de oef'). ![]() 1 Apparently, this refers to long-standing disease with necrosis and suppuration. Roger was aware that, 'if the flesh is hard, perforated and blackened' ('Si la char est dure, perse e anercie') cancer ('cancre') of the mouth was difficult to cure. An MS that contains illuminated initials as well as line drawings and has been copied by various hands. 1 The present text is based on the MS housed at Cambridge (Trinity College 0.1.20). However, perhaps because he does not quote Byzantine or Arabic authorities, his work was rarely referred to by other Medieval authors. Magliabecchianus J.10.16) and Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale: 7035). At least 20 MSS are extant, including those at Florence (Biblioteca Nazionale: Cod. 1 Thus, it is one of the earliest surgical texts available to academic English doctors. 1 A thirteenth century Anglo-Norman translation in French (British Library: Sloane 1977, 3525) as well as a Middle English text (British Library: Sloane 240) are known. The Chirurgia of Roger Frugard was written in Latin c.1180 AD at Parma, northern Italy. ![]()
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