its like every ancient culture has 3 things in common: sword, bread, and hole in head

Gotta love how the least horrifying thing in this video was carving holes in people's skulls.

"If you give human beings the benefit of the doubt, chances are, they'll prove you wrong" -Sam O'Nella Academy, 2018

the ancient nose job is actually how they replace damaged nose tissue today! there was a woman who chemically burnt a hole in her nose trying some anti-acne “hack” and the skin flap thing was exactly how they repaired it also trepanning wasnt (necessarily) to let demons out, it was a legitimate treatment for various injuries if there was swelling on the brain or for cases like migraines, where it feels like there’s pressure or something that needs to come out. I’ve suffered from migraines and yeah back then if someone told me digging a hole in my skull would stop it from hurting I’d be seriously tempted

2:37 Crude as it may be, props on that guy for figuring out that the flesh had to be kept alive for that to work.

"Greetings your thickness" Wish people would refer to me like that

"It was basically the medieval equivalent of lean, and lean he became." God damn that was smooth.

Recently they found an even older specimen with proof of prehistoric surgery. Some young boy, about 7, had to have the bottom of one of his legs amputated for reasons we'll never know. You'd think that caveman medicine would be so bad he got an infection and died or even bled out, but he survived. Not only did they know how to cauterize the stump, they were able to rehabilitate him. He went on to live about 9 more years. 16 seems young, but back then you'd be lucky to make it to 40, AND he was part of a hunter gatherer tribe in mountainous region. Meaning that for 9 years the other tribe members took care of this disabled little boy, carrying him unknowable distances every day, feeding him and giving him water and shelter that they aquired expecting nothing in return. They simply valued him as a fellow human. They didn't care about his "productivity" or what he could do for them. They kept him alive out of sheer compassion. Taking care of the sick, elderly, and disabled is something we've been doing since our time on this earth began. Our defining characteristic as a species is our ability to work together and help eachother, and it has been for millennia.

“By God... something moved somewhere.”

Oh you have a headache? *saws open skull with rock*

Fun fact: for a long time doctors were under the impression that feeling pain was a good thing during surgery. As a result, they made sure the patient was WIDE AWAKE and AWARE OF EVERYTHING. This misunderstanding actually slowed the spread of anesthetics when they started coming into use. Often they'd just put wood or leather in the mouth to bite down on. Amputations were judged not by who did it best, but who did it FASTEST. Reason being: the person was WIDE FUCKING AWAKE and could feel EVERYTHING. The past is wild.

3:04 licorice powder and sesame oil are both anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial antiseptic superfoods. They can also be used as topical antibiotics for rashes, cuts, burns, eczema and infections for people with allergies or reservations to certain medication

Ah yes, back when surgery was less like hospitals and more like Mortal Kombat fatality.

"boy with good succ" is both the worst and the most hilarious thing you could've changed that into

In my opinion, "Pretty much the closest thing you could get to lean back in the day. And lean he became." is the most underrated Sam O' Nella quote out there.

Antidepressants and therapy: expensive One fine rocky boi: Free.

Your deadpan comedy is top notch

Anyone else going back to “catch up” on all of Sam’s videos now that he’s back?

"It is quite yellow out today" is way funnier than it should be

Anti-vaxxers: ah yes the good times

*b o y w i t h g o o d s u c c*

You skipped the meso-american civilizations, the Peruvians had neurosurgery that included application of herbs directly to the brain, probably to promote some hallucination as the thing was ritualistic. Also even before, you forgot the Egyptians who did also brain surgery using opioids as anesthesia. I recall all this from an old course I took back in medical science school.

I read the title as "Pre-Industrial Struggles" and it's still accurate

"Hey kids" *DEMONETIZED*

*Things going inside people’s eyeballs* Me: sweats profusely.

You forgot one important thing Susruta did before the plastering. He told his patient, who was a wounded soldier to drink lots of wine. The wine worked as a substitute for anaesthetic.

Coming from someone who has been under anesthesia 39 times, I can definitely say that I am glad to live in the age of modern anesthetics.

Greetings your *thickness*

LOL your simply-lazy art style has become a trademark

"which is an anagram for 'ha, paintbrush aids' " it be these bouts of knowledge which make this channel more valuable than any other type of documentary media

I have been binge watching his videos lately and it breaks my heart every time he says “anyway till next time I’m sam O’Nella and watch you for thanking” because he doesn’t upload anymore,you have been missed you god among men

"Ever so gently stab the eyehole"

I want to be adressed as “your thiccness”

The "unnecessary emu joke" is actually the funniest thing

Two of the procedures described are still in use. I've seen a guy get that exact rhinoplasty after getting a cancer removed, and it turned out well. And you can get your jaw wired shut to lose weight.

"ha, paintbrush aids" How did Sam even come up with that joke? That probably took hours of examination of that one guy's name.

“Ha paintbrush aids” “Boy with succ” “Watch you for thanking”

Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger.

I had cataract surgeries to both my eyes in the fall of 2019. I am happy to live in this era :)

*"Greetings, your thickness."*

Me greeting my cat like: "Greetings your thickness"

Fun fact. Cataract surgery remains the same. You perform an incision and suck out the cataract through a hollow needle. The only difference is that now they have lasers, machines, cameras and robot arms to do it, plus sedatives

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6:03 Look, mom! I'm on youtube!

My weekend is complete.

“And if you do please put it on live leak after”💀😭😭

Was expecting to see the comment section flooded with "I AM A SURGEON" over and over again. Glad to see I was wrong.

Okay, maybe going to the dentist isn’t that big of a deal after all

Trepaning is still a thing. Doctors do it today to releave pressure on the brain, especially after swelling caused by a blow to the head. It saves lives.

I'm so glad we live in a world where no one would even consider removing a piece of someone else's body for religious purposes... Oh wait

I LOVE LEAN

Bounce on my boy's knowledge.

They still do the same thing for the nose. my dad had skin cancer removed from his nose and they took his forhead down and kept it attached then stitched everything together. he now can touch his nose and feel it on his forhead

Samonella predicted lean

Every ancient culture produced three things, Agriculture, War technology and alcohol

_"If there's one thing I know you Internet people can't get enough of, it's things going inside people's eyeballs."_ *ded*

I ate while watching this and discovered it is possible to be utterly disgusted

This just popped back up in my recommended and man do I miss this guys videos

Turns out that I am as skilled as a medieval doctor.

4:27 Yawning was probably his biggest fear.

I lost it at Ha, paintbrush AIDS

I could listen to 6:25 100 times and still laugh

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Unfun fact: According to archeologists who found trepanned skulls of deceased Incan warriors Peru (dating back 1000-1400 AD), ancient warriors who underwent trepannation after a head injury were twice more likely to survive after the procedure than soldiers from the American civil war after the same procedure. Aside from the major difference in the types of battlefield injuries caused by guns, spears and arrows, another theory is that while Civil War surgeons didn’t practice much sanitation when it came to removing bullets and shrapnel during surgery, the Incan healers seemed to somewhat have a slight basic understanding of infection and had some practices and experience from performing several trepanations over the millennia (e.g. heating up cutting tools over fire or placing them in boiling water to disinfect them)

The craziest thing about caveman surgery is that people survived it

Guys. He’s back.

POV: Sam posted a new video so now your going back and rewatching all his videos

this man has the amazing power to disgust yet intrigue me at the same time

Sam's animation is getting better. *I don't know whether to be proud or scared.*

My uncle trepaned himself when he was in his early 20's and he claims, according to my dad that it fixed his depression. He's successful and one of the smartest people I know, so at the very least it doesn't have any negative effects if done correctly.

The second method described for cataract surgery, incision and suction of the lens, is pretty much how modern cataract removal is performed now. Obviously, with more advanced medical technology such as numbing eyedrops, anxiety medication, smaller incisions, laser incisions (sometimes), the use of a tool to break up the cataract to make it easier to suction it out, a machine supplying suction instead of a boy with good succ, and replacement of the lens. Sure, there are quite a few significant differences because medical technology is far more advanced. However, the fact that, at the most basic level, the method used today is the same (incision and suction of lens) as a procedure performed millennia ago is pretty amazing.

My professor who is a veterinarian once told the class that bone surgery is just shitty carpentry

This man beat paid facial reconstruction!! Doctors hate him!! Find out how he did by clicking here!!!

Bro I’ve watched all your videos in the span of 1 break and I’m actually in tears

Im having dental surgery soon, i was a bit squirmy about the procedure but this fixed it. Thanks sam!

man, I have never been so drunk that my eye just floats there next to my head.

“Hello Dr. Sushruta, what may I get you for today” “I’ll need a hollow needle” “A scalpel” “Some anesthetics” “And a boy with good s u c c” *uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*

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My new favorite channel. This is awesome stuff!

Not hearing a swear word on a Sam O Nella video is like seeing an actual tutorial How to basic

~Doesn't swear to avoid demonetization ~Shows a guy getting his face cut open

*this will be video 4 of 4 for me. videos 1, 2 and 3 i watched each made me have to pause while i died laughing.*

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I feel uneasy about the eye part.

1:51 I think they did it because of migraines, like you ever have that migraine that felt like a bubble in your skull and then you start to think. “What if I cut that spot open just a bit.”

4:40 WTF LEAN

what's insane is that the forehead flap surgery method is still used today for facial reconstruction

When Sam O'Nella uploads: brain: click Me: Why? brain: u gotta

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At 1:21 Scandinavia looks like it's about to eat Denmark.

Still demonetized

Stitches were devloped in india, and in the beginning, decapitated heads of ants were used, as ants are known to hold onto whatever they were biting even after they have been decapitated

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"SOMETHING MOVED SOMEWHERE" im dying of laughter😂😂

He attacc He protecc But most importantly He is bacc

0:11 As a cartoon husky, I can agree that having a not-so "comically" large syringe impailing you is worse than having eczema when it gets cold.

He said L E A N

Guess for the licorice: antiseptic. Like nearly everything we consider a spice, it’s antibacterial