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What are the tools that ancient Romans use in medicine?

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These were borroed from the Greeks and included:

  • Vaginal Speculum, the vaginal dilator or speculum
  • Rectal Speculum for the treatise on fistula
  • Bone Leversre used for levering fractured bones into position and may have been used for levering out teeth.
  • Bone Forceps for a depressed fracture of the skull as indicated by writers“fractured bone is to be removed in fragments, with the fingers if possible, if not, with a bone forceps.”
  • Cupping Vessels for Bloodletting
  • Tubes to Prevent Contractions & Adhesions
  • Tubes to Prevent Contractions and Adhesions used after operations on the nose, rectum, vagina, etc.,
  • Tile Cautery to stop bleeding, remove tumors etc.
  • Male Caltheter
  • Clyster for Administering Enemas
  • Obstetrical Hooks/Sharp Hooksused to lift tissue before removal
  • Uvula Forceps
  • Abdominal Forceps
  • Scalpels
  • Surgical Scissors
  • Spatula Probes
  • Probes/Curettes
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