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Trepanning - a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Evidence has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ive had headaches where this didnt sound like a terrible idea.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

That's how cluster headaches feel, if only I could punch a hole right HERE and release the pressure.....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This was done in the movie 'Master and Commander' also.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I hope it was just special effects.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some skulls even had multiple holes, showing people actually survived this and went back for more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they were just practicing on a corpse

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can tell if it was done on a living person who survived because the skull around the removed section changes from the body healing afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I guessed it was that but I wanted to make a joke. lol