Trepanning — 3000 years ago
The Latvian archeologist William Derums has found a skull in a Bronze Age settlement bearing clear traces of a trepanning operation carried out 3000 years ago. X-ray examination showed that the ancient surgeon adeptly removed pieces of bone from the skull, and scars show that the patient* survived.
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Taupo Times, Volume 20, Issue 3, 14 January 1971, Page 3
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52Trepanning — 3000 years ago Taupo Times, Volume 20, Issue 3, 14 January 1971, Page 3
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