article_snippet.sent: It could even have been a form of emergency surgery for battle wounds.
article_snippet.sent: Even today, a small number of surgeons are using an ancient technology to carry out fine incisions that a small number of surgeons say heal with minimal scarring.
article_snippet.sent: Using cultured-skin burn dressing, a substance composed of skin cells, Dr. Green made an incision with a modern scalpel and a parallel incision with an obsidian scalpel.
article_snippet.sent: The host of the program was then invited to look at the cuts under a video microscope and tell the difference.
article_snippet.sent: Under a video microscope you could see a modern scalpel and a parallel incision with an obsidian scalpel had divided individual cells in half, and next to a modern scalpel and a parallel incision with an obsidian scalpel an incision looked like an incision had been made by a chainsaw.
article_snippet.sent: -- there was very much a difference in scarring.
highlights_snippet.sent: Some surgeons still use the blades in procedures today .