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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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
Hippocrates a Greek Physician, born in 460B.C. on the island of Cos, Greece. He was regarded as the greatest physician of his time. He based his medical practice on observation and on the study of the human body. Hippocrates believed ...Read more
A caesarian section is an operation to take a baby out of its mother’s body if the mother cannot have her baby naturally. The pregnant mother’s abdomen is cut open, and the baby is lifted out. The first person to ...Read more