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Anthropology

wnylib

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7. From the above linked article:

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Thu Mar 31, 2022, 12:28 AM

Mar 2022

"Until the 18th and 19th centuries, there was no real distinction between scientist and philosopher, and many of the great scientist-philosophers of antiquity were also theologians."

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Stone age brain surgery [View all] wnylib Mar 2022 OP

The surgery might have been done for seizure or psychiatric illness Warpy Mar 2022 #1

Anesthesia as we know it did not exist, wnylib Mar 2022 #2

Not all of them got markedly sicker Warpy Mar 2022 #3

The church opposed scientific developments wnylib Mar 2022 #4

Guy de Chauliac wrote what could be called the first modern medical text Warpy Mar 2022 #5

Yes, the church did obstruct the dissection wnylib Mar 2022 #6

From the above linked article: wnylib Mar 2022 #7