Vedic Model of Mind and Brain Surgery in Ancient India
It is known that the ancient Indians used to admit that the brain is the main controller in human behavior and senses, but they did not consider it the only basic controller, but
Ancient Civilizations
A Theory of Brain Function According to Galen
Did Galen have a clue about how the brain actually functions, or did he propose just another fanciful theory? In truth, Galen’s brain anatomy was well ahead of his physiology. His physiology was
Idolizing but Still Scientifically Arguing
Galen idolized Hippocrates, whose words, he declared, were “the voice of a god.” He said that Hippocrates had never written anything untrue and bemoaned the fact that physicians in his own time could
Galen Vivisection and Experimentation
Galen agreed with Aristotle that nothing should be recognized except that which can be experienced through the senses. In his treatise On Medical Experience, which he composed when he was only twenty years
Brain Vs heart representations According to Babylonians
The Babylonians believed that the heart was the place where the mental activity is generated. Therefore, the diseases that nowadays we consider to be cerebral or nervous were imputed to this organ. Some
Simple Neurological Discoveries by Babylonians
The Babylonians were remarkable observers and documentalists of human illness and behavior through documenting the patients’ symptoms and signs as they observed it without specific diagnosis or relating those symptoms to a disease.
Inca Civilization was Better at Skull Surgery
Cranial surgery without modern anesthesia and antibiotics may sound like a death sentence. But trepanation—the act of drilling, cutting, or scraping a hole in the skull for medical reasons—was practiced for thousands of
Trepanning
Trepanning is one of the earliest surgical operations knowns, and there is considerable evidence to show that it was practiced by primitive man in prehistoric times. The scraping of a hole in the
Brain Vs Heart Representations in Pharaohs’ Time
Nowadays, people from different age groups resemble the emotions by drawing a red-colored shape that resembles the heart. As if the heart is where from our emotions come from. Ancient Egyptians have the
The Edwin Smith Papyrus
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus occupies the first place of a remarkable list of records. It is clearly the first documentation of cases of spinal cord injuries, but it is also the first