Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016)

Re:Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016) by haecceity on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:24PM (#23239727)

How do they survive the trepanation? How does one live with a hole in the head for a few years?

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Re:Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016) by simonh on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:41PM (#23240628)

The scalp is cut in a crescent shape and peeled open for the operation, and then folded back down and sewn back in place, so the hole is covered by the scalp.

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Re:Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016) by plerpin on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:29AM (#23243306)

Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Re:Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016) by dguaraglia on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:58AM (#23243418)

Apparently it's not as bad as you'd think. I can't recall her name right now, but Michael Pollan talks about a British socialite that trepanated her own skull in his book 'How to change your mind'. Apparently she did that and went straight to a party, and she's alive to this day. I think there's even a video of her doing it online.

The body's amazing at recovering from all kinds of stuff.

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Re:Research into the reasons for trepanation (2016) by quotz on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:10AM (#23246944)

Amanda Feilding, shes a royal too. She founded an institute for psychedelic research as well

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