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Show Surgery An Ancient Art. Surgery was practiced with fair skill jy tho ancient Egyptians. Hippocrates, Hip-pocrates, of the school of Cos, Is pre eminent for the degree of advancement advance-ment to which lie brought tlie art, 1). C. 400. Tim practice of dissecting Uih human subject did much to Improve it, and wns begun by nraslgtratus, at Alexandria, In the third century. It was long discountenanced amutig thn Romans, who were enjoined by public pillctn to folic.'.' th.t mud out pl:nr oi lietiling, through the medium of re llglaiiH incantation, Ascloplailes made home efforts to break tluough thlR popular stiperxtitlon. This was In DU 11. C, and Celsus onjoji'd consider-ablo consider-ablo celolir.lty as rut operator about 17 |