Interesting Facts About Nasal
Treatments
1. The
1500 BCE records reveal that Egyptians mastered the art and skill of removing
the cranial material through the nose to avoid any disfiguration of the face
while mummifying the bodies.
2. Records
of various rhinologic procedures practiced during 700 BCE are found in the
Egyptian and Indian medical books.
3. In
5th century, Susruta, the famous Indian surgeon, invented nasal reconstructive
flaps and rhinoplasty that are still used.
4. Do
you know that physicians examined the anterior of the nose in candlelight until
16th century?
5. In
1744, Boerhaave introduced a ground-breaking idea: nasal polyps are elongated
sinus membranes.
6. The
German doctor Hirshberg reported aspirin sensitivity in 1899.
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