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Study Reveals Surgeries and Ailments Have Not Changed Much Since Ancient Times
December 10, 2007 at 1:27 PM
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The medical implements found show that doctors, their surgeries and the ailments they treated have not changed much in 1,800 years.
The discovery revealed that sore joints were widespread, patients were frequently told to change their diets, and the good doctor of the coastal town of Rimini even performed house calls.
For the past 17 years, archaeologists have carefully excavated the Domus del Chirurgo - House of the Surgeon, and assembled the worlds most thorough representation of medical treatment in Roman times.
Their discoveries will go on public display for the first time on Dec 11.
"This is the largest find of surgical instruments anywhere," the Telegraph quoted Dr Ralph Jackson, the curator of the Romano-British collection at the British Museum and an expert in ancient medicine, as saying.
Among the 150 different implements is an exceptional iron tool used to remove arrowheads from wounds, which indicates the doctors experience as a military surgeon.
Other items that were discovered include scalpels, scales, mortars and vases used for the preparation and conservation of medicines.
"It tells us a great deal of how he worked and the range of procedures he undertook because of its completeness. All previous finds have been only partial," Dr Jackson said.
He added that the most astonishing find was a portion of a ceramic hot water bottle in the shape of a foot, into which oil or water could be poured when the foot was inserted.
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