Brain Surgery 2,200 Years Ago in Euromos

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 3 August 2019)


       Costly operation - no coverage, pre-existing condition.

At an excavation in Euromos Antique City in Muğla, evidence of
a male's brain surgery has emerged from one of the graves found there,
dating back 2,200 years. 

Abuzer Kızıl, an academician from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University,
explained that "we can say that the evidence of brain surgery on a skull
found in a grave at Euromos, along with surgical implements, sheds
light on medical history 2,200 years ago.  The skull upon which the
surgery was conducted belonged to an adult male.  We think that the
surgery related to a headache or some other problem in the man's skull."


                                         Dig We Must

Kızıl noted that examinations of the skeleton and bones also revealed
some significant information: "we found important information about
the reasons for deaths of the Euromos population, their health problems
and anatomical structure.  Generally speaking, we can say that the
Euromos people were health and sturdy but, of course, were subject
to contagious diseases."

Nazlı Aktaş, from Gaziantep University's Anthropology Department
is contiuing the skeleton studies.