page_title: Wound
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wound / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Wound treatment. The wound of a young prince is treated with grits (small metal cuttings) from his own lance - likely in the belief to avoid infection Deutsch: 36. Unbekannter Meister: „Wundbehandlung mit der Lanze" Zweite Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts (Semmelweis-Museum für Medizingeschichte, Budapest). Das Zeitalter der Entdeckungen und das Bekanntwerden mit den überseeischen Gebieten hat den niederländischen Malern eine exotische Welt eröffnet. In einer orientalischen Gegend, obwohl die Möbel europäisch sind, werden dem jungen Königssohn Feilspäne von der eigenen Lanzenspitze in die Wunde gestreut. Auch aus anderen Quellen ist die Anwendung der Fellspäne, des „Rostpulvers", bekannt.
context_page_description: A wound is a type of injury which happens relatively quickly in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured, or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion. In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the epidermis of the skin.
context_section_description: From the Classical Period to the Medieval Period, the body and the soul were believed to be intimately connected, based on several theories put forth by the philosopher Plato. Wounds on the body were believed to correlate with wounds to the soul and vice versa; wounds were seen as an outward sign of an inward illness. Thus, a man who was wounded physically in a serious way was said to be hindered not only physically but spiritually as well. If the soul was wounded, that wound may also eventually become physically manifest, revealing the true state of the soul. Wounds were also seen as writing on the "tablet" of the body. Wounds acquired in war, for example, told the story of a soldier in a form which all could see and understand, and the wounds of a martyr told the story of their faith.
caption: Medieval treatment of wound with lance grittings
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