Khel Kethodrid
Cool and agreeable are the halls of Khel Kethodrid. Calm are the nurses' voices, unobtrusive their footfalls on the stone floor. Sure are the hands of the physicians working here. Astute are their observations. For the physicians of Khel Kethodrid are not using magic to heal the wounded and do not rely on prayers to Sister Aehyngvynn to cure the afflicted. Their mastery of the medical profession rivals such magics.
For hundreds of years the dwarves under the
northern mountains have studied various scientific disciplines concerning the body and its functions, its ailments and injuries. These medical fields include anatomy, pathology as well as pharmacology, among others. As such, the dwarfen medics are skilled in diagnosing a variety of issues, often underlying otherwise superficial symptoms.
The most promising method of medical conduct has shown to be observation and prognosis: Through intensive studies of the body the symptoms can be classified and thus a course for a treatment can be set.
The medical practitioners of Khel Kethodrid are often specialists in their respective field and they see the body and its organs, its fluids and its tissues as a map that can be charted: There are pathways to take and obstructions to be cleared. Experience and dependability are a hallmark of Khel Kethodrid’s physicians.
They may be incredibly adept at setting fractured bones. Or they have studied plants and fungi with healing properties and are able to create salves and soothing compresses alike. There is hardly any imbalance to the bodily humors that cannot be righted and the school of humoral pathology has established itself firmly within the curriculum of the dwarfen physicians. Though there are contemporary voices who challenge the medical view on humors as deficient…
Khel Kethodrid's halls are open to all: A miner with a broken leg will be treated as thoroughly as any dwarfen Lord and the physicians and nurses treat all patients equally and with the same attention and care.
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