Viking Dentistry

[Debi]

Viking Dentistry Was "Surprisingly Advanced", Finds Analysis Of Over 3,000 Teeth

Not only did they invade and pillage, they did so with lovely teeth.

www.iflscience.com

 

[Ragnar0711]

We Vikings are smarter than the average bear
Good article

 

[ozentity]

Imagine drilling into an infected tooth without painkillers, they really were tough people.

 

[Ragnar0711]

Imagine drilling into an infected tooth without painkillers, they really were tough people.

It's called Alcohol Mead, Ale etc....
Gett'em drunk and start drilling
They're still tough

 

[Lynne]

I cannot imagine how many people died from infections in the jaw.

 

[Ragnar0711]

From what I understand their knowledge of herbal meds was astonishing, however I'm sure there was many that fell to infection :/

 

[Lynne]

From what I understand their knowledge of herbal meds was astonishing, however I'm sure there was many that fell to infection :/

Thank goodness they had some resources; life must have been really hard.

 

[Ragnar0711]

Hurstwic: Health and Medicine in the Viking Age

Health and Healing in The Viking Age

It’s hard to imagine how health and medicine would have looked almost a thousand years before the discovery of germ theory, antibiotics and anaesthesia.

thevikingdragon.com

 

[ozentity]

Hurstwic: Health and Medicine in the Viking Age

Health and Healing in The Viking Age

It’s hard to imagine how health and medicine would have looked almost a thousand years before the discovery of germ theory, antibiotics and anaesthesia.

thevikingdragon.com

Good info Ragnar, I see they used CBD back then. Nothing new but now scientists are making out like they discovered it but is still mostly illegal over here in Oz.

 

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