lācnian

lācnian, wk.v: to heal, cure; to treat, tend to. (LAHK-ni-ahn / ˈlaːk-nɪ-an)

Three panels in a medieval manuscript image show doctors operating on patients' skulls.
An operation to repair a compound fracture of the skull. N France (Amiens), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Sloane MS 1977, f. 2r. [blogs.bl.uk]

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