thomas chu

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Hair splinters are the result of hair fragments penetrating into non-hair-bearing areas of skin. Once considered a rare occupational hazard, it is likely that hair splinters are underreported.1-3 Hair splinters can be asymptomatic or quite painful.

Some of the earliest known roots of medical education stem from ancient Egypt, presaging the Greek and subsequent European medical traditions. Ancient texts mainly provided documentation of a finding, treatment, and/or a theory, without actual scientific proof, as the methodologies we now take for granted did not yet exist. This led to the establishment of a belief system, more so than one based on fact.