They actually did have some really amazing infection prevention: they used honey as an antibacterial salve, along with some herbs that have bactericidal properties. Honey is amazing and actually works in this capacity, providing nutrients to the damaged tissues while being too dense and free of oxygen and water for bacteria to live in it. And their copper implements also have natural bactericidal properties too. Both of these substances are still employed in this capacity today
@@RachelAnnPotter That part is so so cool to me! I'd kind of imagine people would use locally sourced ingredients. But there was transcontinental trade before Europeans arrived. I'd be really curious to know how much a community's medicine came from what was local and easy, vs imported from hundreds of kms away.
Diabetes trivia: The first known mention of diabetes symptoms was in 1552 B.C., when Hesy-Ra, an Egyptian physician, noted that ants seemed to be attracted to the urine of people who had this disease. (It was the high sugar content in the urine that attracted the ants.)
The things I learn here... it’s amazing. I will share this with info with the random people I encounter at work. “Hi Karen, before you call a manager, let me tell you a little something about somebody’s diabetes pee..”
@@videovixen203 Yeah, yeah. And the unnatural amount of urination is polyuria. When a diabetic's sugar drops, and we get the urge to "eat the entire kitchen," it's polyphagia. And new vascular grown in the eye from retinopathy is called neovascularization. And the deep, rapid breathing during DKA is Kussmaul breathing. I KNOW THINGS, TOO! =P
They did sometimes practice brain surgery on people with chronic headaches and related symptoms. They described brain tumors as "demon's eggs", and opened skulls to find and excise them. Most of these patients died of infection, if not from the surgery itself. But a few actually survived this procedure.
@@saigefield674 notice above where the writer says “sometimes practice brain surgery on people with chronic headaches and related symptoms.” Inferring from that, the Egyptians noted the symptoms and the location, and then performed surgery there. 😊
I love this narrator. Just the right mix of humor and interesting information. When I see older videos on this channel and it's another narrator, I cry a little inside. :D
What some fail to understand is, back then, they didn't know what we know NOW. So even cavemen and the species before modern humans, weren't "dumb". Historical facts and research of humans before us, is the reason why we know so much. We are forever evolving and learning. Definitely Thanking these ancestors.. and hopefully our descendents will say the same for us 😅😰 oh my
Fun fact (I’m studying biological anthropology) in 2016 we discovered the genome for Neanderthals and turns out every human has Neanderthal dna because we interbred with them. So they weren’t all that different from us at all
Hell never mind that every couple of decades we always find a new piece of information that makes all of our previous medical knowledge of really dumb. I mean my parents generation had mercury fillings. Mercury! And then my generation was stupid enough to watch tick tock videos and try to eat Tide pods.
My mom was born in 1910, she had an impacted wisdom tooth literally chiseled out of her jawbone with no anesthesia of any kind, two hour process, don't know how she stood it, strong farm stock I guess.
im not sure why they do it so late, ancient israeli texts say to do it 8 days after birth "On the eighth day, the amount of vitamin K and prothrombin present is elevated above 100% of normal and is the only day in the males life in which this will be the case under normal conditions....Vitamin K and prothrombin are vital to coagulation, therefore stopping bleeding and healing faster"
@@itsa-itsagames oh, really now? So 8 days, is it, after the baby is born? That’s the best day to abide by ancient traditions and cut off the tip of its dick? Sounds scientific & medically valid to me! 🤨😏🧐
Bladder and urethra removal with urostomy. There were no ostomies back then. In fact check out the 60’s monstrosities we had to walk with... luckily it’s now just a small bag. At first it was strange not to feel the need to pee anymore, now I surely don’t miss it at all. (It was a procedure I could grow into during about 2 years, it had nothing to do with emergency surgery luckily, which helped me feel it was just something that would be part of my entire life. Also need b12injections forever as they used the part of my intestine where normally b12 is absorbed in if it were part of the digestive system. Since it’s not, it can’t uptake any b12 anymore and I have to shoot up every month. It’s the actual shooting up that is a little ouch, t he needle into the muscle isn’t painful to me whatsoever.) So if anyone out there has a urostomy most of all, be sure to have your b12 and MMA checked to find out if you aren’t running low on it. It can cause nervedamage in one’s feet and put people in wheelchairs so a shortage is no joke. And oral supplements won’t help if you don’t have the terminal ileum (last part of the small intestine right before the colon) anymore because there is no uptake available that makes you have enough of it.
Hey Weird History awesome video. Can you please do a video on what life was like after the Black Death finished and how England and Europe recovered . 👍🏻
It’s amazing how there was such stark contrast in their medical and anatomical knowledge between what they knew and what they didn’t. They truly were every bit as sophisticated as they were primitive. On one hand they could perform modern level surgery with modern level instruments still used to this day. Yet on another, they hadn’t even workout that the brain was the centre of thought and feeling instead of the heart. How disappointed the pharaohs would have been. They had these enormous pyramids built for their journey into afterlife and their bodies and organs carefully preserved in order to be resurrected on the other side and ride the sun with Ra..yet their brains, the main thing they would need for such an afterlife, were just roughly pulled out through their nose and unceremoniously discarded. Decades of preparation only to completely destroy any such chance of resurrection at the very last step of the preparation process. So close yet so far...
It’s an interesting debate when you think A. The heart is what pumps your blood and keeps you alive functionally but B. the belief in the soul doesn’t depend on the organ aka brain of the being that produces thought but rather the personality and the spirit. Egyptian mythology speaking the body and spirit were two completely different beings in there opinions as well. The khet and Sah body) and (spiritual body) but also Akh (intellect) Ba (personality) among other parts of the soul. So I don’t think the soul and brain are interconnected
@@temirab.5891 Not the soul, no. Your body’s ability to function, at the very least. To see, to hear, taste, smell etc. They must’ve noticed that all our sensory receptors (eyes, ears etc.) were connected to this grey mushy thing right at the top part of our body yet drew no correlation. That’s what surprises me. Because to them having all your senses intact was a crucial part of resurrection. Hence the carefully preserved organs in jars surrounding the sarcophagus and all the riches to accompany them in the afterlife. It’s just somewhat baffling to me. I wish I were privy to the thought process involved.
@@ivareskesner2019 hmm it’s very interesting. It’s also really interesting that we still don’t know much about the brain. For example we aren’t sure how memories work. Pretty cool
Specifically, ancient egyptian magic was called "Heka". Their magic was quite interesting. There were different forms and functions. Though I can't recall all the names, but essentially, how people interacted with magic was different. There's contact with something that was magical (touching, ingesting, etc). Then, there were spells performed. Even in medicine, ancient doctors would combine topical solutions with magical rituals.
Egypt was literally far way ahead of their time, the greatest civilisation and the most interesting history to learn, mummification itself was such a medical art
Great video. Apparently one of the earliest recognized surgeries was on an ice man we found who was bludgeoned -- there is a hole in his skull related to trepanation, indicating they tried to perform surgery to relieve pressure in the skull from the wound.
You know what, I think I will stick with modern anesthesia. I had two surgeries recently and I cannot imagine the hell I would be in if I was not knocked out
Interesting fact they also had a proven and accurate pregnancy test too and it is noted that the ancient major civilizations had better health care and were cleaner then the latter in say medieval times because they had fresh flowing water, proper sanitation too
If you lose your big toe, it is near impossible to balance yourself while walking or standing still. So yeah that wooden big toe was VERY functional. She couldn't live without it.
Another fun fact: the earliest example of a surgical scalpels were discovered in Egypt. The sheep and design literally has not changed since then and they were made from wooden handles holding volcanic glass blades which some surgeons have now gone back to because volcanic glass is extremely accurate and sharper than current steel.
No such thing as the "dark ages". Besides with the lack of common sense so rampant in the average person today shows we aren't advancing at all but regressing.
besides dentistry, the egyptians were way ahead of their time, and im sure those people living at that time were greatly thankful for some of those remedies that DID work
Infant mortality and child mortality rates were VERY high in times past. Even as recently as 100 years ago. That's where the 34 years old comes from. If you made it to 18, you would probably live to be 60-70yrs old.
No, that’s not quite true for Egyptians. We know this because we can carbon date the mummies that have been found. None have lived to be that age, even “high class” or royal Egyptians, who would have access to be best healthcare and food
I used to think this channel was serious. Now I know there is a huge dose of humor in every video. Therefore it was scary to consider ancient Egyptian surgery as a topic early in the morning. LOL!
Unlike these other unimaginative peeps I agree. We truly can’t prove it didn’t worked because we don’t know how to try. And we rely on written proven facts and yet we still discover stuff that rewrites the book. So who knows
this video was sooo good, more egyptian ones please! or actually can you do one on the original french creator that thomas edison stole from?? louis le prince? and how he disappeared and stuff when going to the US for his patent of the camera?? its cool stuff
Read the book Tesla vs Edison. Edison was a genius in his own right and you will learn a lot about him that is good, I know I did. I always thought he was terrible but it's not entirely true.
First you say they definitely didn't do any invasive surgery, then you restate that it was almost unheard of. Pick one. They definitely did do invasive surgeries and used opium for pain relief during the procedure. Relatively late though, so with a historic empire spanning as long a timeframe as Egypt, it's always worth mentioning which particular era you're talking about, because things changed as time moved forward.
Will you please do a video on who invented the first lock on a door or chest? The 1st person to think of a key mechanism to keep people out? It's such a big part of everybody's lives who do we credit?
They refrained from pulling teeth completely out because it would have caused the infection to get right into the blood stream, which would kill them. I'm sure they tried that and figured it out - very early on. Also, they did remove small portions of the skull in order to give the patient some relief from headaches due to swelling or tumors. Some of the skulls did show signs of healing so we know that at least some of the patients lived for a year or two longer. They successfully amputated limbs, as well. This afflicted the masons working on huge stone projects because things went wrong, sometimes, and heavy stones would land on them. I wonder why these things weren't mentioned.
4:06 I sense a disturbance in the force... like thousands of MEN cried out and were suddenly silent.... I'm a woman but damn even I winced lmao omg!!! 🤣
Actually, if it is done to an infant, not much of a deal. I've seen several done. They give the kid a pacifier filled with maple syrup and I don't think he cares.
Yeah...as a boy who narrowly escaped having the devil procedure at age 10 and suffered intense anxiety, let me assure you that foreskin should be left alone and yes, boys DO care. I'm not happy that mine was ripped back when I was two years old and caused me problems that nearly led to me having a pleasant part of my body sliced off. Take it from me; let boys decide for themselves when they turn 18.
Where was this series when I was in high school... I used to skip more than I went to school. The teachers weren't interesting like our awesome narrator here. I would have applied myself more had they taught us like this... Skipping was the better activity.🤣🤣😂
I actually had a good world history, cultures, and geography teacher in high school. She traveled all her life so she had authentic items from various countries. Lessons included actual show and tells as she passed around the items. I still remember the lotus oil and papyrus oil she brought back from Egypt. I have never found an oil that smelled like that papyrus one.
@@XSemperIdem5 I'd like to think location and resources have a lot to do with it... I can't remember a lot of the stuff taught, but I remember not doing my best once I got to my High School years. I legit can't remember any of my history teachers.😂
Im getting my foot amputated in a couple weeks ..... ive got the same thing as the Elephant Man had . thank goodness for modern medicine , id hate to chunk a bottle of rum as the doc hack saws away
My god I'm so sorry. Please tell me you'll get a second opinion...if I had a nickel for every time a doctor wanted to chop something off me I'd be a rich man. Most of the time it's a mistake.
@@skinnydavenport407 thank u for ur concerns man .... unfortuntately the growth has come back a total of 3 times with this time being the worst. Havent walked since November 1 2020 . Foot has been dead to me past 2 months. I should be alright Thank u
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Mummies have been found and torn apart. What if, some incredibal amount of time from now, it might become obvious to some, that mumification was EXACTLY what was needed to survive the dark time... A lot of folks may someday be saying, "well, at least NOW we understand!".
It should’ve been “what surgery is like around the ancient world” cause it’s not just one country but also others that had their own method to do upon the human body
