Surgery Pre-Hippocrates

Mar 17, 2006 19:44

This is probably one of those things that interest me only, but Greek archaeologists discover evidence of a skilled surgeon who practiced centuries before Hippocrates. And my favourite bit is "the surgical procedure matches perfectly what was recommended two centuries later in On Head Wounds [attributed to Hippocrates] for this type of injury in ( Read more... )

medicine, archaeology

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dmcs March 18 2006, 11:51:46 UTC
Ohhhhhhhh! Bones.

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