Tag: medicine
3
ARTICLES
16 DEC 2025 · 4 MIN
Maya Medical Systems Used Living Organisms as Precision Surgical Tools
Maya medical systems deployed living organisms as precision surgical tools centuries before germ theory existed. Recent archaeological evidence shows these practitioners selected leeches, maggots, and even human hair not for symbolic value…
9 DEC 2024 · 4 MIN
Ben Franklin, and All Those Bodies They Dug Out of his Basement
Benjamin Franklin is a figure of historic importance. He is what used to be called a “man of letters” and a polymath, but this only goes so far in explaining how important…
2 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN
Bezoar Stones, the Universal Antidote: More Than a Mistake?
It is fair to say that the history of medicine has been something of a hit and miss affair. Without modern technology to aid in our understanding of the root causes of…