In addition to that, specialists performed dental surgeries. Relocating jaws, cutting off diseased gums, and draining abscesses (concentrated pus)in the mouth were the dental surgeries existing at the time. Doctors could not perform deep surgery because they didn’t have any strong pain relievers or ones that would safely put the patient in a deep sleep. Furthermore, injuries and health issues were classified into three categories. Handled immediately were treatable injuries. Problems not deemed life-threatening were called contestable injuries, where the patient was expected to survive. In these cases, doctors just observed the patient. Untreated ailments were mortal, so the doctors did not intervene. Without the amazing Egyptians’ medical studies, we would have never reached the same
In addition to that, specialists performed dental surgeries. Relocating jaws, cutting off diseased gums, and draining abscesses (concentrated pus)in the mouth were the dental surgeries existing at the time. Doctors could not perform deep surgery because they didn’t have any strong pain relievers or ones that would safely put the patient in a deep sleep. Furthermore, injuries and health issues were classified into three categories. Handled immediately were treatable injuries. Problems not deemed life-threatening were called contestable injuries, where the patient was expected to survive. In these cases, doctors just observed the patient. Untreated ailments were mortal, so the doctors did not intervene. Without the amazing Egyptians’ medical studies, we would have never reached the same