Health And The People: Medieval Surgery Flashcards
1
Q
What was trepanning?
A
a procedure where a hole was cut in the top of someone’s skull
2
Q
What was the reason behind trepanning?
A
To allow ‘bad spirits’ to escape the body
3
Q
What was cauterisation?
A
a process used to stop bleeding
4
Q
What was the process of cauterisation?
A
heating a piece of iron in a fire and pressing it onto a wound to ‘seal’ the blood vessels
5
Q
What was the use of anaesthetic?
A
Patients to experience less pain during operations
