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Living it up in Ancient Greece (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The ancient Greeks used electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray

Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction

[โ€“] Dasus 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium

Evidence from ancient Greece indicates that opium was consumed in several ways, including inhalation of vapors, suppositories, medical poultices, and as a combination with hemlock for suicide.

So no problem with pain medication, actually. @[email protected]