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Well here we are at
another hot Tuesday, Jessica & Leo arrived just after I got home,
she borrowed my car to go to an appointment while I watch Leo.
Today's gross facts are
about surgery.
Ancient Romans
practised plastic surgery to repair noses, eyes, lips and teeth
One procedure in
ancient Rome was the removal of scar tissue from the back because
it implied that a man had turned his back in battle and was a coward.
Most surgeries in
Renaissance times (between 14-17th centuries) were
performed in barber shops
Many of the patients
seen by 16th century Italian surgeon Gaspare Tagliacozzi
were treated for wounds by duels or street fights.
Tagliacozzi created
new noses using arm tissue, however, the new nose could fall off if
blown too hard, damn that would be embarrassing
Australian artist
Stelios Arcadious had an ear grown from cells in a laboratory
implanted in his arm to make himself a living art exhibit. Not art
just stupid.................
In the middle ages
surgeons used herbs and alcohol as simple anaesthetics
About 17 million
plastic surgery operations are carried out worldwide each year
More take place in
Switzerland than any other country with about 216 procedures per
100,000 people each year.
The earliest form of
surgery was trepanning which involved cutting a small hole in the
head, but why...........................
Some fashion conscious
women have been known to have a toe removed so they can wear a slim
fitting shoe, not me, that's for sure.
I remember how Japanese girls used to wrap their feet up tight so that they would be tiny... thinking to myself, anyone who needs to inflict pain to judge someone pretty is an idiot.
ReplyDeleteUh Oh you've reminded me that I have to go to a plastic surgeon to have a skin cancer removed from my face but I'm waiting till my broken ankle heals enough to walk on.
ReplyDeleteThey actually grow noses in the arm nowadays - as an implant.
ReplyDeleteChris........Yes why would they do that, I don't get it
ReplyDeleteDiane........Yes you make sure you have the skin cancer removed
Chatty........Now you mention it I remember hearing that
Some of these are just creepy--LOL!
ReplyDeleteHi Jo-Anne ... just not nice, but the way of life in those early days. I found an article on 'Amputation of the Nose through History' - when I was writing about Tycho Brahe and his prosthetic nose - which I wrote about in September 2016 ... the only way to master surgery I guess is to keep practising and checking out new ideas ... which they've done throughout history ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteSo glad I didn't live in the times of the Ancient Romans (at least I don't think I did), I can't imagine how surgery would have gone like in those days.
ReplyDeleteWrapping the feet was a Chinese custom, and it was done in the name of fashion. Slender feet were more attractive, you see. The other reason was vanity. If a woman's feet were wrapped tightly, she couldn't walk easily, and the implication was that her family was wealthy enough so that she didn't have to walk anywhere. Not true for most women, but that was the way it was for a long time.
ReplyDeleteRita.........Yes they are
ReplyDeleteHilary......yes they only way they get things right is by trying new ideas
Karen........Yeah me too
Jack........I knew it was a Chinese custom and I am sure Chinese women now days are pleased it is no more
Trepanning...wasn't that to loose evil sick making vapors from the head?
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