Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome. A 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, recently unearthed in Hungary, offer insight into the practices of undaunted, ...

The injury is caused when the forceps blade or a bone in the mothers' pelvis puts pressure on the baby's head in the area of the facial nerve. Melanie Duval, M.D., of McGill University, ...