Pantagathus Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Proving prehistoric man's ingenuity and ability to withstand and inflict excruciating pain, researchers have found that dental drilling dates back 9,000 years. via CNN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I wonder why the assumption is that no pain killers were available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I wonder why the assumption is that no pain killers were available? The Mesolithic Ibero-Maurisians had a form of ritual teeth pulling that may have been part of a coming of age ritual based on when the teeth were removed from the jaw & skull. Certainly this had to have been accompanied with some kind of altered state of conciousness... I'm with you, I think there was something taken to 'distract' the patient or (more likely) initiate from the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 and I was going to suggest that even if no other plant wre available , the humble sage has shadowed human development for many thousands of years , and of course its modern usage is as a mouthwash for severe laryingitis and any infection of the salivatory areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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