Traces on tweezers and surgical scissors suggest liquid medication was applied to the skin of patients.

Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures

El instrumental se encontró en una tumba de Jiangyin que pertenecía al médico Xia Quan

Probabilmente la sostanza tossica veniva applicata sulla pelle del paziente per anestetizzare la zona prima delle incisioni

Traces on tweezers and surgical scissors suggest liquid medication was applied to the skin of patients.

El descubrimiento pone de manifiesto la sofisticada medicina que se utilizaba en la China de la época