The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLiving it up in Ancient Greecelemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down124
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minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 months ago The ancient Greeks used electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 months agoBut they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium Evidence from ancient Greece indicates that opium was consumed in several ways, including inhalation of vapors, suppositories, medical poultices, and as a combination with hemlock for suicide. So no problem with pain medication, actually. @[email protected]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray
Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction
But they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
So no problem with pain medication, actually. @[email protected]