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[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> So, what would the period solution to such injuries be? Were there
> any pain killers available? Even if they weren't as effective?
> Perhaps getting drunk on ale or maybe distilled spirits if available.
> But how would that have fitted into humorial theory?

There's an interesting article on dwale from the British Medical Journal
available on www.findarticles.com: _Dwale: an anaesthetic from old
England._.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0999/7225_319/58614611/p1/article.jhtml?term=dwale
If this link doesn't work, just go into www.findarticles.com and search on
dwale.

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