Other instruments indicate that cataract surgery, or the removal of a ... or maybe even a medieval hospital. According to Live Science, Sarah Yeomans, an archaeologist at St. Mary's College ...

The Medieval Islamic world produced some of the greatest medical thinkers in history, they also made advances in surgery, built hospitals, and welcomed women into the medical profession.

Surgery was not a widespread practice in the medieval period. While it gained some traction in the 1300s, surgery was limited to southern France and northern Italy. Even there, surgery was ...

Thijs Porck, associate professor of medieval English in Leiden ... and mirrors also made it very suitable to perform "keyhole surgery" on old books. Together with student assistant Iris van ...

Scholarship of medieval literature and historical records reveals how transgender people transitioned even without a robust medical system – instead, they changed their clothes, name and social ...