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@tksst@fediscience.org  ยท  activity timestamp 2 days ago

๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŒฟ Centuries before the American Civil War, Incan surgeons were performing skull surgery with survival rates as high as 83%. For comparison, #CivilWar-era trepanation survival rates hovered around 50%.

The secret? Centuries of refined technique and the use of natural, plant-derived antiseptics.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/how-the-incas-performed-skull-surgery-more-successfully-than-u-s-civil-war-doctors.html

#history #medicine #archaeology #Inca #science #STEM #technology #tech #ancient #health

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How the Incas Performed Skull Surgery More Successfully Than U.S. Civil War Doctors

Granted access to a time machine, few of us would presumably opt first for the experience of skull surgery by the Incas. Yet our chances of survival would be better than if we underwent the same procedure 400 years later, at least if it took place on a Civil War battlefield.
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The Kid Should See This ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿชโœจ
The Kid Should See This ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿชโœจ
@tksst@fediscience.org  ยท  activity timestamp 2 days ago

๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŒฟ Centuries before the American Civil War, Incan surgeons were performing skull surgery with survival rates as high as 83%. For comparison, #CivilWar-era trepanation survival rates hovered around 50%.

The secret? Centuries of refined technique and the use of natural, plant-derived antiseptics.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/how-the-incas-performed-skull-surgery-more-successfully-than-u-s-civil-war-doctors.html

#history #medicine #archaeology #Inca #science #STEM #technology #tech #ancient #health

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How the Incas Performed Skull Surgery More Successfully Than U.S. Civil War Doctors

Granted access to a time machine, few of us would presumably opt first for the experience of skull surgery by the Incas. Yet our chances of survival would be better than if we underwent the same procedure 400 years later, at least if it took place on a Civil War battlefield.
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