{"id":23612,"date":"2022-10-03T07:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23612"},"modified":"2022-10-03T07:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:58:59","slug":"earliest-medical-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/10\/earliest-medical-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Earliest Medical Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we look at how much the medical field has progressed over time, wouldn&#8217;t it be interesting to glance back at how it all started and how the first surgeries were like?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new research reveals that contrary to our beliefs that healthcare is a newer concept, prehistoric people were not exactly just left to their own device when it comes to their medical needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this audio and read the transcript about possibly the earliest medical operation that dates back to 31,000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/earliest-medical-operation-might-have-been-31-000-years-ago\/6737970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/earliest-medical-operation-might-have-been-31-000-years-ago\/6737970.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think about this discovery?<\/li><li>What comes to your mind when you hear the word \u201csurgery\u201d?<\/li><li>Picture yourself living 31,000 years ago. 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