The astonishing surgical instruments in pompeii.

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Chapter 5.
THE EPOCH OF THE XV CENTURY HOW IT WAS IN REALITY

11. THE ASTONISHING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN POMPEII.
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Fig. 48 and fig.49 show the incredible 'ancient' surgical instruments of allegedly I century, discovered during the excavation in Pompeii. The quality and the high technological level are astounding. In fig.48, on the top – dental extracting forceps and foreign body probe. Below - speculum ani, speculum uteris used by the gynecologists. Take notice of the METALIC SHAFT WITH THE MOST PRECISE THREAD! See fig.49. We can see screws inserted in the apertures, and rivets. But for that one needed to know how to drill metal. It means that the metal drills were already popular. So in front of us we see the manufactured articles of not earlier than the XVI century [NOR], ch.6.
The historians write, that when these most 'ancient' objects were found, 'it was the XVIII century, and this set of tools, VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE USED UNTIL NOW (FOR EXAMPLE, THE GYNICOLOGICAL SPECULUM) CREATED A GREAT IMPRESSION, it showed the high development level of the ancient surgery' [674:1], p.218. And further: 'This speculum uteris, used by the gynecologists, shows the highest level of the development of medicine already reached at that time' [674:1], p.149.

12. THE 'ANTIQUE' STATUES WITH THE RIPPLING MUSCLES WERE CREATED NOT EARLIER THAN THE XVI CENTURY.​

Let us turn our attention towards the excellent knowledge of the position of human muscles by many 'ancient' sculptors. But such knowledge the sculptors and painters acquired only when the medics began to dig out dead bodies, dissect them and study the anatomy. Even according to the Scaligerian history this didn't start earlier than the XV-XVI cc. Fr

 

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torture was very popular back then.

 

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The Romans were also exceptionally keen on Gynecology.

 

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Imagine having those used on you 1,800 years before the invention of anaesthetic.

 

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Imagine having those used on you 1,800 years before the invention of anaesthetic.

Amazing yes, having those insturments used on you before steel was invented.

 

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Amazing yes, having those insturments used on you before steel was invented.

They do look like fairly modern implements.

 

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Imagine having those used on you 1,800 years before the invention of anaesthetic.

The ancient used such surgical instruments, almost they knew the anesthesia and knew the sterilization of such instruments.

They might use the fire for sterilizing the instruments.

Although they did not know about microbes, but they had the idea about infection and infectious diseases.

Anesthesia was known, and in the Arabic book of (One Thousand and One Nights) which is a book of stories prevalent in that period of time, the author is unknown: they speak about anesthetic taken by mouth, called 'Benj' which means: anesthetic.

A french doctor once gave a lecture in Baghdad, when he explained many things about the ancient Arab doctors and their teaching medicine in Baghdad in the Abbasid period:
The patient having an infectious disease: the mattresses and blankets will be burnt.

Once they intended in the Abbasid period to build a hospital, so they chose a way for selecting the appropriate place for building such hospital:

They slaughtered a sheep, then hanged its parts on different parts of Baghdad, and saw which region was latest in corrupting that meat: they built there that hospital; which means: that region was healthy: the wounds will not be corrupted or as we say: the wounds will be infected later than all other regions which means that region was healthy.