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Cautery with a red-hot iron. The upper half illustrates cautery of the temples of the patient with irons, which are being heated in the lower half of the drawing in a fire (see R. A. B. Mynors, Durham Cathedral manuscripts to the end of the twelfth century, Oxford 1939, n. 57, pp. 49-50)
Artist or creator
Date
12th century (early)
Location
Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, Hunter 100
Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. List of Remedies. Folio: 119r.
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