Knowledge: trepanation

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• society → issues → health → mental health → psychosurgery

Links

The International Trepanation Advocacy Group 
http://www.trepan.com/

Information on trepanation, the art of drilling holes into people's skulls.

Salon - The Hole Story 
http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/29/trepanation/print.html

Article by Jon Bowen discussing this procedure citing the pros and cons.

Neolithic Surgery 
http://www.he.net/~archaeol/9709/newsbriefs/trepanation.html

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 
http://meinah.tripod.com/MI/trepanation.html

A personal interpretation of this procedure by Mei Nah Khoo. From Metaphysical Insights archives.

The Hole to Luck 
http://www.free.de/homes/joern/luck_hole.html

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 
http://www.ee0r.com/trepan.html

Article on trepanation from Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions by John Michell.

Trepanation Guide 
http://www.trepanationguide.com/

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 
http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A10101/trepan/

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

Skeptic's Dictionary - Trepanation 
http://skepdic.com/trepanation.html

Overview focusing on the work of Bart Huges.

Medical and Alternative Trepanation 
http://www.geocities.com/trepanationz/

Backgroung information on trepanation and the risks associated with it.

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