Template:Did you know nominations/Surgery in ancient Rome

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The result was: promoted by Szmenderowiecki (talk) 08:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Surgery in ancient Rome

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... that ancient Roman surgeons used materials such as bran and ashes to heal burns? Source: Spitz, Lewis; Davenport, Mark; Coran, Arnold (2006-11-24). Operative Pediatric Surgery 6Ed. CRC Press. p. 957. ISBN 978-1-4441-1360-0.
- ALT1: ... that ancient Roman surgeons could treat hernia by clamping the scrotum between two blocks of wood? Source: LeBlanc, Karl A.; Kingsnorth, Andrew; Sanders, David L. (2018-04-16). Management of Abdominal Hernias. Springer. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-319-63251-3.
- Comment: Personally, I believe both hooks pass as a tease, they hint at more information. The first one will have the reader questioning what lead Roman surgeons to believe ashes could serve as an effective treatment. The second will lead readers to want to know more about this seemingly painful surgical practice.

Created by Graearms (talk). Self-nominated at 20:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough. Has not been on the front page before. Article is extensively referenced to high-quality sources. Either of the hooks are OK, but I think the first one is better. I would make a minor copyedit, however:
... that ancient Roman surgeons used materials such as bran and ashes to heal burns?
Earwig shows no copyright problems.
This appears to be Graearms's first DKY (congratulations!), so they are QPQ-exempt.
This is an exceptionally good submission. It was a pleasure to review it. Thank you for writing it. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:49, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words! Graearms (talk) 19:59, 13 June 2022 (UTC)