Add to ORKGThe oldest known surgical procedure is trephining or trepanning, the removal of a piece of bone from the skull. It was practiced starting in the late Paleolithic period and in virtually every part of the world. It is still used in both Western and non-Western medicine. The methods and motives of trephining in different times and cultures are reviewed
A growing body of evidence, drawn from ancient human remains and from ethnographic accounts, greatl...
During the archaeological excavations conducted in the 13th century cemetery of the Church of S. Ago...
Evidence of cranial surgery, in the form of trepanations, has been found at prehistoric archaeologic...
The authors' aim is to define a framework around the history of studies and analyses on cranial trep...
The authors' aim is to define a framework around the history of studies and analyses on cranial trep...
The word “trepanation ” comes from the Greek trypanon, which means “drill”. In medical literature, t...
William H. Egberts examining trepanned skulls in the anthropology laboratory at the National Museum....
More prehistoric trepanned crania have been found in Peru than any other location worldwide. We exam...
In Europe the procedure of trepanation is known since the Neolithic and is still practiced today in ...
Trephination is known as one of the oldest brain surgeries. They have been identified from many arch...
This thesis is focused on skull trepanation in archaic ethnics. Trepanation has been used since the ...
Six clinically trepanned cranial specimens from five Chi-nese archaeological sites ranging from 5000...
The history of the archaelogical skulls strarts when Perito Moreno made a donation of Inca skulls to...
Through personal observations and a literature study we have made a synthesis of the most ancient he...
Cranial trepanation is among the oldest head surgical procedures, creating a hole through the skull....
A growing body of evidence, drawn from ancient human remains and from ethnographic accounts, greatl...
During the archaeological excavations conducted in the 13th century cemetery of the Church of S. Ago...
Evidence of cranial surgery, in the form of trepanations, has been found at prehistoric archaeologic...
The authors' aim is to define a framework around the history of studies and analyses on cranial trep...
The authors' aim is to define a framework around the history of studies and analyses on cranial trep...
The word “trepanation ” comes from the Greek trypanon, which means “drill”. In medical literature, t...
William H. Egberts examining trepanned skulls in the anthropology laboratory at the National Museum....
More prehistoric trepanned crania have been found in Peru than any other location worldwide. We exam...
In Europe the procedure of trepanation is known since the Neolithic and is still practiced today in ...
Trephination is known as one of the oldest brain surgeries. They have been identified from many arch...
This thesis is focused on skull trepanation in archaic ethnics. Trepanation has been used since the ...
Six clinically trepanned cranial specimens from five Chi-nese archaeological sites ranging from 5000...
The history of the archaelogical skulls strarts when Perito Moreno made a donation of Inca skulls to...
Through personal observations and a literature study we have made a synthesis of the most ancient he...
Cranial trepanation is among the oldest head surgical procedures, creating a hole through the skull....
A growing body of evidence, drawn from ancient human remains and from ethnographic accounts, greatl...
During the archaeological excavations conducted in the 13th century cemetery of the Church of S. Ago...
Evidence of cranial surgery, in the form of trepanations, has been found at prehistoric archaeologic...