A 15th-Century Surgeon’s Tools Still Carried Traces of Anesthetic 600 Years Later

A 15th-Century Surgeon’s Tools Still Carried Traces of Anesthetic 600 Years Later

Learn how Ming Dynasty surgical tools buried for more than 600 years revealed traces of aconite, a toxic plant once used to numb pain during medical procedures.

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