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It Is With Some Trepidation…

…that I give you this link to a particularly fine article on the history of Trepanation.
 
That’s drilling holes through skulls to you and me. A procedure (medical and/or religious) that’s been around for at least 7,000 years. I’m rather pleased that I live in a time when the cure for headaches is generally a paracetamol or two.
 
(hat tip to Mind Hacks for the link)

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2 responses to “It Is With Some Trepidation…”

  1. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    Have you ever read ‘The Underground Man’ by Mick Jackson?

     
    It’s the ‘faction’ of a real man, an eccentric English (what else) Lord who built miles of tunnels under his house and grounds, and also in the end, performed self-trepanation. The book is excellent I thought, worth a look anyway. The trepanation scene made me a little queasy though – I was rather younger when I read it.

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Gelert, no, I haven’t read it. I’ll go and look it up. It sounds interesting. Thanks

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