Definition/Summary:

Trepanation

• Ancient surgical procedure (Drilling a hole in the head) The early culture belief of “letting light in” or “letting devils out”
• In religious belief Shiva, the Hindu god of altered consciousness, was trepanned
• Middle Ages trepanation was practiced as a cure for various head trauma, contusions, seizures & skull fractures. “Even headaches”
• Some people believed that illness was caused by a trapped spirit and that drilling a hole would allow the spirit to escape

Expanded info:

• Trepanation may be the oldest surgical procedure according to archaeological evidence

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