If you had lived in ancient times and if you got headaches often, you would probably have been treated by having a hole drilled in your head!, known as trepanning. Well, Trepanning is basically boring, or cutting, or making holes ...Read more
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He was a surgeon and teacher of Ayurveda. He practiced medicine in Kashi and identified the treatment and origin of several diseases. he is known as the ‘father of Indian surgery’, and is generally believed to have lived around 600 ...Read more
Bacteria are one-celled organisms that you can see only through a microscope. Bacteria are all around us, but the first person to actually see bacteria was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch draper who made microscopes as a hobby. In 1674, ...Read more
The ancient Chinese discovered a way out to undergo and surgery without any pain they called this technique acupuncture, in which very fine needles are inserted into the body at specific points to block pain. Acupuncture is also used to ...Read more
There are different theories about the origin of the name, ‘caesarian section’. One theory is that the operation was named after Julius Caesar because he was taken from his mother’s abdomen after it was cut open. Another theory is that ...Read more