![]() ![]() 2 The frog may represent the earliest example of the therapeutic use of biologic membranes. The former describes 48 surgical cases, including the treatment of head wounds, and the latter recommends application of goat dung in fermenting yeast or a frog warmed in oil as topical therapies for burns and raw meat for crocodile bites. The Edwin Smith (1600 B.C.) and the Ebers (1550 B.C.) papyri, which are 2 of Egypt's most important medical documents, both describe treatments for injured patients. ![]() These benefits have been most conspicuous in the realm of wound care, the recorded history of which begins by best estimate 3605 years ago. Not so obvious have been the benefits derived from surgical experience during war, or the benefits derived from the application of new knowledge and new technology to the treatment of combat casualties. 1 The hardships of war have been evident throughout history and are now illustrated for us at least twice a day on the morning and evening news. The book of Revelation describes the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, conquest, death, famine, and war as the hardships that human kind must endure before the end of the world. ![]()
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