@article{ref1,
title="Upper extremity injuries in Homer's Iliad",
journal="Journal of hand surgery (American volume)",
year="2013",
author="Hutchison, Richard L. and Hirthler, Maureen A.",
volume="38",
number="9",
pages="1790-1793",
abstract="Homer's Iliad remains a fascinating source of medical history. This epic poem, compiled around 800 bce, describes several weeks of the last year of the 10-year siege of Troy (Ilion) by the Achaeans. Homer composed the epic by combining and formalizing oral poems, legends, customs, and experiences that originated in the later Mycenaean age (1600-1100 bce). The story centers on the rage of the great warrior Achilles. The Iliad remains the oldest record of Greek medicine and a unique source of surgical history. This study examines the upper extremity injuries described in the Iliad and compares them to those other sites of injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-5023",
doi="10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.06.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.06.022"
}