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Roman implements

From clay ink pots ( right foreground ) alongside an elegantly decorated quill box to surgical instruments including an amputation saw ( mid table ) and various terracotta pots and flasks for herbal medications . Surprisingly a number of those surgical tools would be identical to the ones used today .

 

History Alive

Fort Lytton . Brisbane

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Uploaded on July 27, 2015
Taken on June 7, 2015