💀🌿 Centuries before the American Civil War, Incan surgeons were performing skull surgery with survival rates as high as 83%.

Centuries before the American Civil War, Incan surgeons were performing skull surgery with survival rates as high as 83%. For comparison, #CivilWar-era trepanation survival rates hovered around 50%.

The secret? Centuries of refined technique and the use of natural, plant-derived antiseptics.

https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/how-the-incas-performed-skull-surgery-more-successfully-than-u-s-civil-war-doctors.html

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