ABSTRACT
This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why trepanation might have been performed many thousands of years ago.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part 1: Trepanation: Discovery and Palaeopathology
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Part 2: Trepanation in Europe
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Part 3: Trepanation in Africa, Asia and The Americas
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Part 4: Trepanation in Western Medicine
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Part 5: Global Perspectives and Future Research