Examine this, doc.
Posted on 12/23/2008 4:52:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A group of archaeologists has found in the northern Spanish region of Leon a ceramic lamp dating from the beginning of the 1st century that shows a representation of the gynecological exam performed on a sick woman.
A report by the Latin American Herald Tribune said that the find is of an oil lamp, which according to Archaeology professor at Madrid's Universidad Complutense Angel Morillo, is a unique find without parallel in the Roman world.
It is an exceptional piece that illustrates the presence of doctors in the city, and - specifically - a military hospital, according to Morillo.
On the lamp's surface "appears a very slender woman, possibly affected by a serious illness, like cancer, and a doctor who is performing a gynecological exam with a vaginal speculum," Morillo said.
Possibly the image is of a specific examination that one of the Roman doctors performed, he added.
"We know that during that period there were vaginal speculums, which are practically the same as the ones we have (now), but representations of them have come down (to us) on very few occasions and never - so far - in the case of a lamp," said Morillo.
Currently, the piece "is in the hands of private individuals", but it will be sent to the Leon Provincial Museum, he added.
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Are they sure it isn’t just some perverted Roman porn?
;)
I’m not as real gynocologist but I’ll be happy to take a look.
Examine this, doc.
Not unless it also depicts the cucumber...
In reality, it is a very innovative item: a student aid that provides both the light necessary for the exam, and the instructions on how to perform it.
Cain’t. All haired up and crusted over.
I’ve got one of those in my den. It’s electric, though.
This just after that special on National Geographic channel purporting to find Israeli artifacts “proving” to be real links to Noah’s Ark. These artifacts fooled the experts and were later found to be fake. They even fooled the experts as far as dating. Seems like this latest Roman finding may well be a fake just to promote an agenda.
Just getting a joke in before the rest show up.
:)
Until the actual imagery is available, it may in fact be depicting an abortion procedure. A lamp depicting the service rendered would be more likely to be an abortionist’s means at a Roman army barrack.
What’s next a artifact depicting a “gay marriage” to prove it was “normal” back then, just to promote the gay agenda?
You two are my favorites. ;’)
I hope I didn’t “stirrup” any bad memories...
Homosexuality was considered normal back then.
Shoe didn’t have to post that twice. ;’)
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