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Cautery in medieval surgery: a unique palaeopathological case

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1 Cautery in medieval surgery: a unique palaeopathological case
Antonio Fornaciari, Valentina Giuffra, Valeria Mongelli, Davide Caramella, Gino Fornaciari  The Lancet  Volume 392, Issue 10153, (September 2018) DOI: /S (18) Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure Cranial wound cautery (11th century)
(A) Skull cap with a blunt depressed fracture on the right coronal suture. (B) X-ray shows depressed fracture (arrow). (C) Evident trace of surgical treatment with a pentagonal cautery. The Lancet  , DOI: ( /S (18) ) Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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