"More on Ancient Trepanation" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 29 Apr 2008 7:30 p.m. PST |
The discovery of a skull of a young woman who almost certainly was subjected to trepanation in the III century A.D. in the town of Veria, northern Greece, again has focused the attention of modern science on this surgical procedure very popular in ancient times, not only as a method of treatment but also as a spiritual and religious practice. link |
| Phobos | 30 Apr 2008 1:49 a.m. PST |
That is were I was born. But it had no effect on my skull in any way. :) Thank you for the link. |
 Grelber  | 30 Apr 2008 4:46 a.m. PST |
Do modern doctors still perform this operation? If so, what is it intended to treat?
Grelber
Who worries about it being done to him one day |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 30 Apr 2008 4:48 a.m. PST |
what is it intended to treat? Pressure on the brain due to bleeding? |
| Mrs Pumblechook | 30 Apr 2008 6:11 a.m. PST |
What does this have to do with wargaming? |
| streetline | 30 Apr 2008 6:37 a.m. PST |
What does this have to do with wargaming? Maybe it's "I need a Foundry price rise like a hole in the head?" |
| TheWarStoreMan | 30 Apr 2008 12:37 p.m. PST |
I think it is used for Compressed Fracture of the skull. Like getting hit with a blunt object or falling and hitting your head on a rock and there is a indented skull fracture. I think Master and Commander has a scene where the Doc performs the operation, and then replaces part of the skull with a coin. |
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