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Which of the following were found in ancient medicine, and are still used today?
flint tips
catheters
scalpels
forceps
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Catheters, scalpels and forceps — yes. All three were used in ancient medicine and their modern equivalents are still in use today.
- Catheters: described in ancient Indian (Sushruta), Egyptian and Greco-Roman texts for draining the bladder.
- Scalpels (surgical knives): surgery with metal blades is attested in ancient Egypt, Greece and India.
- Forceps (grasping/locking instruments/hemostats): forceps-like tools appear in Greco-Roman surgical toolkits and serve the same basic functions today.
Flint tips (stone/obsidian points) were used in prehistoric and ancient contexts as cutting tools, but stone “flint tips” are not standard in modern practice (though obsidian blades are occasionally used experimentally because of their very sharp edge).
- Catheters: described in ancient Indian (Sushruta), Egyptian and Greco-Roman texts for draining the bladder.
- Scalpels (surgical knives): surgery with metal blades is attested in ancient Egypt, Greece and India.
- Forceps (grasping/locking instruments/hemostats): forceps-like tools appear in Greco-Roman surgical toolkits and serve the same basic functions today.
Flint tips (stone/obsidian points) were used in prehistoric and ancient contexts as cutting tools, but stone “flint tips” are not standard in modern practice (though obsidian blades are occasionally used experimentally because of their very sharp edge).
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