Expressions ostéoarchéologiques de la pratique chirurgicale en Touraine médiévale : le prieuré Saint-Cosme et la léproserie Saint-Lazare
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Samuel Bédécarrats et al., « Expressions ostéoarchéologiques de la pratique chirurgicale en Touraine médiévale : le prieuré Saint-Cosme et la léproserie Saint-Lazare », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.v3yqto
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The area around Tours offers a unique chance to document examples of medieval surgery. Two sites revealed cases of surgical procedures: six trepanations were discovered at St Cosme priory. Another trepanation and one amputation were identified at St Lazare leprosarium. According to medieval texts, trepanation was used for cleaning cranial wounds. If the osseous examples from this study show a good concordance with those texts regarding the modus operandi, the use of 3D imaging tends to favor the treatment of neurological conditions as the main therapeutic motivation. Regarding the amputation, the archaeological context suggests use of this procedure for the treatment of a perforating ulcer of the foot. Isotopic data support the idea that the operation was not conducted in situ.