Battlefield surgery in the Middle Ages was crude, painful, and often fatal. Surgeons lacked anesthesia, antibiotics, and ...

Through modern science, the grim discovery of a Medieval woman's remains is able to tell the tale of a "coffin birth" and ancient brain surgery. Despite the macabre nature of the grim discovery of a ...

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The skull of a medieval Lombard woman found in central Italy shows signs of having undergone two trepanations — surgeries to make holes in the head. But why she underwent the painful procedures is ...

Cranial surgery was carried out in Britain more than 1,000 years ago - according to scientists who have examined bones found in North Yorkshire. The skull, found by English Heritage at the abandoned ...

The Medieval Period, commonly known as The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years, from the 5th to the 15th century (476 AD to 1453 AD). It is the period in European history which started at the end of ...