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In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting and informative paper titled “New Cases of Trepanations from the 5th to 3rd Millennia BC in Southern Russia in the Context of Previous Research: Possible Evidence for a Ritually Motivated Tradition of Cranial Surgery?“, by Julia Gresky et al., 2016. Continue reading “Trepanations from the 5th to 3rd Millennia BC in Southern Russia”
Trepanation is defined as the removal of a bone piece of the skull of a living individual without penetration of the underlying soft tissues. Trepanation is accepted as the oldest form of surgical operation. Continue reading “Trepanation in Anatolia, Turkey: From the Neolithic to the Middle Ages”
In this article we present a summary of official (published) information on trepanation in the Ancient Greek world. The word trepanation comes from the Greek word trypanon (τρύπανον) meaning trepan, or borer. It refers to the surgical procedure of creating an opening in the skull. Trephination is a more recent word and specifically refers to an opening made by a circular saw (trephine), but both terms are used interchangeably in the literature. Trepanation is a kind of primitive Neurosurgery. Continue reading “Trepanation (primitive Neurosurgery) in the Ancient Greek world”
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