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Dig reports on ancient surgical tools got me pondering old health ways
I was at a natural history museum last month and they had these skulls with holes cut in them from ancient surgeries. It's wild to think people were operating on brains so long ago. I mean, idk how they dealt with the pain without today's medicine. Maybe it's just me, but it makes our gripes about small pains feel kinda petty. I read that they used plants and ceremonies to help heal. It shows how clever humans have always been with health problems. Now when I see news about old medical tools being dug up, I really notice. It's like each find helps us understand how injuries were treated in the past.
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avery_hart636mo ago
Your point about plants and ceremonies shows they had real systems. We might have overlooked some effective ancient treatments in our rush to modern medicine.
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caseyw126mo ago
Consider how many patients probably died from those ancient brain holes. They had no real tools or knowledge to fix things safely. @avery_hart63 brings up plants and ceremonies, but that's just guessing without proof. Modern medicine works because we test things, not just hope. Those old ways were risky and often wrong.
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