#Celtic #MythologyMonday #DisabilityTwitter: #Miach was an even better doctor than his father #Diancecht. One story reports that he performed an eye transplant.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis
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The #IronAge #Celtic surgeon #Miach was an even better doctor than his father #Diancecht. One story reports that he performed an eye transplant.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis `The #Druids`
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#Cennfaelad was brought to the medical school in #Tomregan in 637 AD with a fractured skull as a result of a sword thrust. The #Celtic surgeons removed the bone splinters and part of his brain. After his recovery, the chief's mind was said to be even sharper than before. He became a great scholar, writing the `Textbook of Poets` and law commentaries on the `Book of Acaill`. He is also said to have founded the famous Bard School in #Derryloran, County Tyrone.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis
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The skill of the #Celtic doctors is also demonstrated by the `Ovingdean Trephined Skull`. Two holes were drilled into it at different times. This means that the patient survived the first trephination. The bones around the 2nd surgery had already begun to heal when the patient died of blood poisoning.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis `Die #Druiden"
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#Celtic #triad: What is white and cannot be counted?

1) The snowflakes on Benbulbin.
2) The hailstones in Meath.
3) The horses of Manannán mac Lir
In #CelticMythology `white-crested waves frothing with foam were said to be the white horses of #Manannán mac Lir`. Sylvia Botheroyd `#Ireland`

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