Ancient civilizations had folk healers, and were even called medics in ancient Rome. But they relied on superstition to understand the body. In the movie, I recall this doctor disinfecting a wound.

I watched the new Gladiator movie recently, and there were way more inaccuracies than in the first one, which I find unfortunate. The biggest one is that the gladiators had doctors, applied modern techniques, and were even called doctors. Also, some dialog took place at Roman cafes 😒.

How come it’s so comfortable when a creature it can’t even see hangs around?