babbleismysuperpower:ardarte:sixpenceee:A medieval surgeon repaired this broken bone with riveted co
babbleismysuperpower:ardarte:sixpenceee:A medieval surgeon repaired this broken bone with riveted copper plate. "An unknown man got his axe arm badly injured in a battle. His humerus was found at excavations of Varnhem monastery in 1928, and is the only one of its kind in Sweden. Interventions in the upper arm are difficult to do even for today’s experts. It’s easy for nerves and blood vessels to be damaged. Yet a medieval “surgeon” has managed to cover the injury to the man’s arm bone, and also pin it with rivets; you can see three of them in the plate. We can also see that the man survived: new bone has been formed after the procedure.“ From hereOmg I love this if you click the link and scroll down, there are a couple of sources for this kind of thing. the fact that the surgeon managed to roll the copper around the bone, rivet it, and sew the arm back up before the patient expired from shock and blood loss is as impressive as anything else.i’m imagining a medieval scandinavian using a hammer to whack these little copper nails with absolute glee. like, he’s got this new technique he wants to try and he is SO EXCITED he gets to do it. -- source link
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