For the SREF project I decided to visit the history of medicine museum which was actually quite interesting. My research paper was on ancient Roman medicine and it was really cool to be able to connect my research to real life exhibits. I was able to see the tools I wrote about, like Hercule related handles on scalps and hooks or trephination surgery and what the after math of that looks like.
Something I did learn from the museum that I didn’t know was the fact that there was so many tools. From my research I was able to read about a few different tools but nothing to the scale the museum had. There were all different types of hooks, needles, and forceps that relate to today’s modern medicine. It was interesting to see that so many tools have been around for so long.
This is from the trephination surgery.
These are the handles with the design to represent Hercules.
This is an exhibit that had some of the many tools I was unable to find with my research.
Yes there were a ton of tools! Also it is always fun connecting research and things that you get to see!
ReplyDeleteI think it's crazy how even though they had much more primitive tools and medical technology as we fo today, some of the trephination surgeries still worked and saved lives back then.
ReplyDeleteIt’s really interesting to relate current tools to much more simplistic and old versions of them! It’s cool to see where the form of the object today is stemming from!
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