The Oldest Jaw Surgery in the World

CT Scan Reveals Complex Jaw Surgery Performed 2,500 Years Ago on a Woman from the Pazyryk Culture.

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Africa: Why Medicinal Plants Matter On World Wildlife Day: [UN News] Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging demand for more. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRGFkm #MedicinalPlants #WorldWildlifeDay #SustainableLiving #AncientMedicine #HerbalRemedies
From Renaissance apothecaries to executioners and early 20th-century injections, human fat was once sold as medicine. History reveals how far people will go in the name of healing.
#DarkHistory #MedicalHistory #HiddenHistory #AncientMedicine
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/articles/medicine-macabre-healing-magic-and-high-value-human-fat

1,900-year-old Roman unguentarium shows human feces used as medicine with thyme to mask smell

Chemical analysis of residue inside a small Roman glass vial has produced the first direct physical evidence that human feces formed part of a medical treatment in antiquity. Researchers studied a sealed unguentarium recovered from a tomb in Pergamon, a major medical center of the Roman world...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/roman-vessel-shows-human-feces-used-as-medicine/

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#archaeology #romanempire #ancientmedicine #pergamon

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€œ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†
A Roman flask from Pergamon has yielded chemical proof of a medicine made with human feces, confirming the use of feces-based Roman medicine described in classical texts.
#ancientorigins #AncientHistory #ancientmedicine #ancientrome
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-feces-medicine-00102472
๐—”๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ - ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€
Ancient Mesopotamian tablets show that for certain ailments, the path to recovery could begin not with herbs - but with a visit to a godโ€™s sanctuary.
#AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #ancientmedicine #mesopotamia
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mesopotamian-medicine-ziggurats-00102470
Clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia show that some patients were prescribed a visit to a god before treatment began. Ear and spleen ailments reveal how medicine, ritual, and prognosis intertwined. #Archaeology #AncientMedicine #Anthropology #Assyriology https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-healing-meant-walking-to-a-god
When Healing Meant Walking to a God

What Mesopotamian medical prescriptions reveal about sanctuaries, sickness, and the thin line between ritual and treatment

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An ancient woman lived with a prosthetic eye nearly 5,000 years ago. Crafted from tar and gold, it reveals shocking medical knowledge in Bronze Age Iran.
#AncientMedicine #LostHistory #DarkScience #Archaeology #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/fake-eye-0016760
The Rod of Asclepius teaches patience and limits. In modern care, which value feels harder to protect? #RodOfAsclepius #Asclepius #MedicalEthics #AncientMedicine #HealingSymbols #HistoryOfMedicine #CareOverCure
https://medium.com/@skmohindroo9/rod-of-asclepius-b865c76be691
Rod of Asclepius.

Sanjay Mohindroo

Medium
The Rod of Asclepius teaches patience and limits. In modern care, which value feels harder to protect? #RodOfAsclepius #Asclepius #MedicalEthics #AncientMedicine #HealingSymbols #HistoryOfMedicine #CareOverCure
https://medium.com/@skmohindroo9/rod-of-asclepius-b865c76be691
Rod of Asclepius.

Sanjay Mohindroo

Medium