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Stone Age Dentists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the old-drilling dept.

morleron writes "Scientists have found evidence in Pakistan that the Stone Age had dentists. They used flint drills to remove cavities and attempt other tooth repair. No evidence as to whether or not the patients were conscious during the procedures."

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  1. Consciousness by lovedew · · Score: 5, Funny

    No evidence as to whether or not the patients were conscious during the procedures

    During the "Stone" Age, I think it's obvious that even the patients were conscious, they weren't be soon after the procedures started.

    I'm more interested in knowing if the patients were still alive after the procedures.

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    1. Re:Consciousness by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it's safe to say that they all died at some point after the procedures.

    2. Re:Consciousness by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was undergoing an outpatient operation on the scrotal area in 1999. I was given local, they waited till we all thought it was numb, then they opened me up...

      They used an electrical cauterizer to keep the bleeding down...it sounded like the lightning gun in Q3A and felt like what you can imagine electricity against the scrotal area feels like.

      I said, "Doctor, I can feel that." He zapped me and said, "you felt that?"

      I never was able to play Q3A again because of that lightning gun sound.

      A Spinal Tap is pretty bad, migraines since my stroke are bad, but the cauterizer was worse.