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infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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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

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infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    ive had headaches where this didnt sound like a terrible idea.

    • BigFig@lemmy.world
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      That’s how cluster headaches feel, if only I could punch a hole right HERE and release the pressure…

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    This was done in the movie ‘Master and Commander’ also.

    • infeeeee@lemm.eeOP
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      I hope it was just special effects.

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

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      Maybe they were just practicing on a corpse

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        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.

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

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