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Extraordinary discovery in Pompeii: A doctor identified thanks to his instruments

Euronews · May 15, 2026, 5:20 PM

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Interdisciplinary work made it possible to identify the body of a doctor among the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The plaster cast held a case with the instruments used by doctors at the time

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