06/08/2026
It’s the First Time Direct Chemical Evidence of Anesthetics Has Been Found on Centuries-Old Surgical Tools: Archaeologists Detected a Substance, Probably Made from Wolfsbane, on a Pair of Iron Scissors and Tweezers Recovered from a 600-Year-Old Ming Dynasty Tomb in China! Details Below
It’s the first time direct chemical evidence of anesthetics has been identified on centuries-old surgical tools. Archaeologists detected a substance, likely made from wolfsbane, on a pair of iron scissors and tweezers recovered from a 600-year-old Ming Dynasty tomb in China.
(Ling et al. 2026, © Antiquity Publications Ltd.)
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