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Living it up in Ancient Greece (lemmy.world)
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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

That is until you break a bone and learn that there are no pain killers.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The ancient Greeks used electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray

Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium

Evidence from ancient Greece indicates that opium was consumed in several ways, including inhalation of vapors, suppositories, medical poultices, and as a combination with hemlock for suicide.

So no problem with pain medication, actually. @Etterra@lemmy.world

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