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Longstanding beliefs about ancient technological and medical knowledge were placed under scrutiny when Paul T. Keyser's published an article in the 1990s

During the Roman Empire, the physician Scribonius Largus described in his work, Compositiones, the use of an electric fish to alleviate a headache. To remedy what we might refer to today as a migraine, Largus placed a live torpedo fish — delivering a strong direct electric current — over the scalp of his patient, to elicit a sudden, transient stupor with pain relief.

The authorship of the Hippocratic oath remains unclear with evidence pointing to neither Hippocrates nor his followers, but perhaps Pythagorean in nature.

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From classical Rome to the 20th century, corpse medicine, or medicinal cannibalism, was rampant throughout all levels of European society. Consumption of

Several ancient Roman medical authors reported on the consumption of gladiator's blood to cure epilepsy.

Through the ages history books have taught us that mankind was ignorant of technology and medicine in ancient times.

An IIT Mandi scientist was part of a research team that created mathematics models to find out how non-invasive brain stimulation affects us.

MANDI : A collaborative research team comprising scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi and National Brain Research Centre, India and University at Buffalo, USA, performs mathematical simulation studies on non-invasive brain simulat