The history of surgery

The history of surgery

 The surgery in the ancient times

According to the definition, Surgery is a branch of medicine that cures pathologies with interventions made inside or outside of the body and it dates back to antiquity. 

Plastic surgery has very old origins: “plastic” derives from the Greek “plastikos”, meaning “to mould”. But some descriptions of the first  plastic surgery operations are mentioned in the Egyptian Papyri and in the Sanskrits of ancient India. Continue...