Jul 10, 2009 -
1. Surgery: Crude, blunt and horribly painful
Surgery in the Middle Ages was crude and blunt and … PAINFUL! Surgeons had a very poor understanding of human anatomy, anesthetics and antiseptic techniques to keep wounds and incisions from infection.
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Jun 30, 2009 -
11 Health Myths That May Surprise You
By Tara Parker-Pope
Myths, half-truths and wives’ tales persist in medicine. Sometimes doctors and nurses even believe things that aren’t true or at least are unproven. That’s the focus of a new book, “Don’t Swallow Your Gum!
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