A recent discovery of a Neolithic man with an amputated forearm suggests that the medical knowledge of that period may be more advanced than previously thought:
Early Neolithic surgeons used a sharpened flint stone and rudimentary anaesthetics to amputate the elderly man’s left forearm, and treated the wound in sterile conditions, experts believe.
Evidence of the early surgery was unearthed by Cécile Buquet-Marcon and Anaick Samzun, both archaeologists, and Philippe Charlier, a forensic scientist, during work on a tomb discovered at Buthiers-Boulancourt, about 40 miles south of Paris.
Stone Age Amputee Proves Neolithic Medics More Advanced Than Previously Thought [Telegraph]
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