Scenes from the manuscript of Roger of Salerno's work, Chirurgia. They illustrate (top row) the use of hot water to soften broken ribs, the removal of an arrow and a lance from the chest by cutting open the chest and abdomen; (bottom row) a wound in the lungs, an operation on the intestines, and a man suffering from 'phlegmatic abscess'. Dated 12th Century

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Scenes from the manuscript of Roger of Salerno's work, Chirurgia. They illustrate (top row) the use of hot water to soften broken ribs, the removal of an arrow and a lance from the chest by cutting open the chest and abdomen; (bottom row) a wound in the lungs, an operation on the intestines, and a man suffering from 'phlegmatic abscess'. Dated 12th Century

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Keywords: abdomen, arrow, broken, chest, cutting, hot, lance, open, removal, ribs, soften, water