Roman Surgical Instruments, 1st Century

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under feet of ash and pumice. Objects under the volcanic material were found to be well preserved when they were excavated centuries later. Among the artifacts recovered were surgical instruments from multiple sites, the best known being Pompeii's House of the Surgeon, so named because of the nature of the items recovered there. The collection is one of the best surviving examples of the tools at a surgeon's disposal in the 1st century AD

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Artifacts Campania Devices Pompeii Speculum Surgery Vaginal

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