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Indigenous North Americans were doing skull surgery 3,000 years ago
Indigenous North Americans were doing skull surgery 3,000 years ago,Going in for surgery is a stressful and sometimes dangerous endeavor even in modern times. Looking back into the distant past, it’s difficult to imagine how doctors and patients endured cutting into the body without the benefit of anesthetics, antibiotics, and post-operative pain medications.

Indigenous North Americans were doing skull surgery 3,000 years ago

Going in for surgery is a stressful and sometimes dangerous endeavor even in modern times. Looking back into the distant past, it’s difficult to imagine how doctors and patients endured cutting into the body without the benefit of anesthetics, antibiotics, and post-operative pain medications.