The Invention of Surgery

The Secret of the Human Body (1x1)

Data emisji: Sty 01, 2023

A 3,000-year-old skeleton with a hole in the skull is evidence of trephination. In Ancient Rome, Galenus studied anatomy by treating gladiators. Medieval “barber surgeons” were more bloody craftsmen than doctors—until the French King Louis XIV helped surgery become a recognized science.