Spoon of Diocles
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title:
Spoon of Diocles
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The spoon of Diocles was a Roman surgical instrument described by Celsus. The instrument was designed by Diocles of Carystus to remove arrows from the human body. The instrument was used to remove the injured eye of Philip II without disfiguring him. No genuine examples of the Spoon of Diocles are known to have survived to the present day, although some collections have forgeries and/or misidentified items. Historians Brian Campbell and Lawrence A. Tritle have expressed skepticism about the Spoo
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Roman surgical instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_of_Diocles
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2024-02-14T00:27:08Z
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