Ancient Discoveries

  • Ancient Discoveries

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    May 21, 2013 12:00PM
    Gruesome Medicine
    Season 6 Episode 5
    Leeches, an ancient medical cure; taking a reading from a torpedo fish in Spain; Incan trepanning; Roman battlefield surgery; using snake venom as medicine; England's Prince Henry V undergoes brain surgery to extract an arrow.

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SHOW DESCRIPTION

Historians reveal and discuss evidence of centuries-old theories and prototypes for many contemporary procedures and technologies, like brain surgery and computers.