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Some traditional treatments of hearing problems in Brittany and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Dafydd Stephens
Dafydd Stephens*
Affiliation:
Welsh Hearing Institute, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales. Paper presented at the 32nd International Congress for the History of Medicine, Antwerp, 6 September 1990.
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Dr Dafydd Stephens, Welsh Hearing Institute, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CP4 4XW.
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Abstract

The traditions of the healing of deafness associated with the Celtic saints in Brittany and Wales are discussed. Many more have survived in Brittany because of the religious continuity in that country. Three Saints Cadoc (of Welsh origin), Egarec (of Irish origin) and Meriadec (of Breton origin) are associated with such traditions in a number of different locations.

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History of medicineDeafnessWalesFrance

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Historical Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 391 - 394
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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