Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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A Roman surgical tool for removing bladder stones has been discovered, and Jahannah James's description of how it worked is accurate and appropriately alarming: the part that looks like it goes in is the handle, the hooks on the other end are what went inside, and Pliny the Elder wrote extensively about why patients were willing to undergo this rather than leave the stones where they were.
Catch the full episode here: youtu.be/twSmKFYygBE
A Roman surgical tool for removing bladder stones has been discovered, and Jahannah James's description of how it worked is accurate and appropriately alarming: the part that looks like it goes in is the handle, the hooks on the other end are what went inside, and Pliny the Elder wrote extensively about why patients were willing to undergo this rather than leave the stones where they were.
