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Trepanation (likewise referred to as trepanning, trephination, or even trephining) occurs as form of surgery in which a hole is drilled or even scraped into a skull, leaving a membrane around a brain intact. It addresses unhealthiness that relate to abnormal intracranial pressure.

Nevertheless, there are dubious advocates world health organization indicate trepanation potentially for sound humans, claiming that when an operation capillaries around the brain should operate on the higher metabolism sequent in the higher state of consciousness. A bit of claim spiritual advantages.

Trepanation has been carried out for each medical reasons & mystical practices for a long instance: Grounds to believe of trepanation has been noticed within pre-historic man remains from either Neolithic times onwards, by a cave paintings indicating that humans believed the practice would guide epileptic seizures & mental disorders. What is more, Hippocrates gave specific directions on the procedure from its evolution through the Greek age.

Trepanation is usually non good by doctors forgoing the medical indication. Illegal in the United States and Europe due to the risk of blood clots, brain injuries & contagions, trepanation procedures can lead to meningitis or death.

The International Trepanation Advocacy Group
Information on trepanation, the art of drilling holes into people's skulls.

Salon - The Hole Story
Article by Jon Bowen discussing this procedure citing the pros and cons.

Neolithic Surgery
A newsbrief from Archaeology Magazine describing a 7,000-year-old burial in France that has yielded the earliest unequivocal evidence for trepanation.

Astrology Tomorrow Today - Trepanation
A personal interpretation of this procedure by Mei Nah Khoo. From Metaphysical Insights archives.

The Hole to Luck
An interview with self-trepanner Dr. Bart Huges as questioned by Joe Mellen. The Transatlantic Review No. 23, Winter 1966-1967.

The People With Holes In Their Heads
Article on trepanation from Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions by John Michell.

Trepanation Guide
An indepth source of information on medical and historical aspects of this ancient surgical procedure. Includes references and citations as well and advanced reading suggestions.

Trepanation Diary
The experience of a person who had a hole drilled through his skull. Includes photos of the procedure.

Skeptic's Dictionary - Trepanation
Overview focusing on the work of Bart Huges.

Therapeutic Benefits of Trepanation
Scientific article by Daniel Witt of Temple University.


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