Hundreds of medical instruments from the ancient Roman era discovered in Turkey are currently being analyzed by experts. Knewz.com has learned that the tools might be evidence of one of the earliest ...

Medical instruments dating to the Roman era may be evidence of a "group practice" run by health care workers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers at the University of Exeter in the U.K. have shed light onto the function of uses of ancient Roman medical tools. Photo from the University of Exeter ...

Doctors are generally held in high regard today, but Romans of the first century were skeptical, even scornful, of medical practitioners, many of whom ministered to ailments they did not understand.

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine. A mosaic of Orpheus ringed by animals paves ...

Hundreds of Roman-era medical instruments now being examined by scientists may come from one of the earliest known examples of a group medical practice, or at least a place where health care workers ...