Hernias Are an Age-Old Problem
Today, many people delay treatment out of fear, embarrassment, or the hope that the problem might resolve itself;
By Diana Gifford Jones —— Bio and Archives--November 22, 2025
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Hernias are an ancient ailment. And modern medicine still debates the best ways to repair or live with them.
One of the earliest references appears in the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical scroll from around 1550 BCE. The treatment for hernias was to push them back into place, in techniques described by Hippocrates. Galen, a Greek physician to gladiators and Roman emperors, had a preference for treating “surgical conditions by means other than the knife.” One can only imagine.
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