MAP’s Reviews > Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations > Status Update

3 pages in and I’m annoyed. In talking about pre-historic medicine, the author discusses setting broken bones and says confidently “and that’s when the surgeon comes in, the man that can work with his hands.”

….why would we assume that pre-historic healers would be MEN? Gggggggggrrrrrrrrrr