Ancient Surgery Techniques | Repairing Wounds & Surviving Pain
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Published 2024-01-12
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Sumerian prescription: ©Penn Museum
Egyptian mace: ©ancientmilitary.com
Egyptian archeologists: ©NBC News
Giant ant: From the book by G Majno, the Healing Hand
Dissolvable sutures: ayushyapatrika.com/blog/absorbable-suture-in-the-vedic-era/
Hippocrates: ©koulliasgroup.com
Caerleon amphitheatre: ©Dave Branfield
Caerleon Roman Fort: ©Skyscan via Alamy
Roman surgical clamps: ©Daegradtools.com
All Comments (21)
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THIS is what I want to see on the history channel. Not some reality TV crap. THIS is the good stuff.
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Im a surgeon who’s treated a fair bit of trauma. I find historical wound management fascinating.
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The best history teacher on the internet. It's guys like Kevin that can still make someone be proud to be British.
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This reminds me of a paper my wife wrote on battlefield medicine from the French Revolution up to modern day. Once she started writing she went crazy with 200 pages. It was kinda of fuel by her own experiences in the ER as a Respiratory Care Technician which responded to nearly every trauma admission. An amazing bit of history and shows the advances in medicine thru the ages.
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Kevin reminds me why older people are wonderful. So much wisdom and experiences
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The ancients were much smarter than theyre given credit for
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Indians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians and Romans all had amazing medical practices relative for their time. Much better than I expected before watching this video
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12 years on YouTube and I’m amazed that I’ll still find awesome channels. Thank you YouTube recommendation.
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Blood, gore and lore. This is why we love Kev.
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If I’d had this guy for a teacher, I probably would have payed attention in school a good bit more. One of my favorite channels. Always great stuff and never disappointed.
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The thorn suturing is pretty cool. I suture for a living and this honestly isn't THAT much different than what we do today. Granted we would numb it first, but the basic principles haven't changed much.
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Imagine how advanced medicine could be in the modern era if so much of this knowledge hadn’t been lost. It’s amazing to think about, and also quite a shame.
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I think what makes this sort of topic so cool is that injuries, illness and dealing with pain are timeless parts of all human lived experience. That means when we cringe at how much a primitive medical procedure might have hurt, for example, we're empathizing directly with people who lived millennia ago.
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I am a retired anesthetist who did my residency in the military . Retired and then worked some on the outside. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
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The gleam in his eyes as he talks about this stuff always makes me giggle 🤭 I get the feeling Kev enjoys making us squirm sometimes!
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This is astounding. I remember hearing "Egyptians performed brain surgery" in class, but to see what they were capable of is humbling. We so often dismiss the ancients as cretins that just happened to be good at pyramid building...
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This absolutely fascinating, I didn't realise the extent of surgical expertise in the ancient world. The fact that Romans had arterial clamps amazed me. Thanks for another great video, Kevin!
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this gentlemen reminds me of my maternal grandfather, he was a history teacher that took it very seriously. he would teach classes in period clothing, had a massive collection of ancient Egyptian, medieval and renaissance weapons, functional muskets, etc. I hope to have such a wealth of knowledge to share with my Youngers as I age, for truly these are the best of our time whether we appreciate them consciously or not.
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This guy seems to be the only history channel covering the surgery techniques of the medieval and ancient world. My heal checks in DnD will be so much more descriptive for it!
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I am an archaeologist and i simply love your way of telling and presenting historical facts. Also, love your voice. that´s history well told.
