| Reports of trepanation have been spotty throughout history, but there is little doubt of its existence dating back to Neolithic times. |
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| He says he continues to enjoy the benefits of his trepanation 28 years after he performed it. |
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| The ancient practice of trepanation involves drilling a hole into the skull of a living human being to relieve illness or release evil spirits. |
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| In other media, this might be the cue for you to go and get some popcorn, or a course of trepanation. |
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| There were some representations about heart and brain functions, cranial trepanation and treatment of a teeth were spent. |
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| As with many pre-Columbian cultures, they practise both the trepanation as well as cranial deformation. |
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| The trepanation consisted of perforating the cranium so as to intervene in the brain for therapeutic reasons. |
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| Neurosurgery began with trepanation, the prehistoric practice of scraping, sawing, or boring a hole in the skull. |
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| There are other techniques that can achieve this, like yogic breathing or cranial osteopathy, but trepanation is permanent. |
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| Huges's other interest was trepanation, the practice of drilling a hole in the skull to expose the outer layers of the brain. |
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| My theory is that trepanation improves the level of blood circulation round the brain to that of childhood. |
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| If you lived in the Middle Ages and suffered from strong headaches, doctors would decide that you are afflicted with an evil ghost, and, to relieve you of an illness, would make cranial trepanation. |
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| Unless trepanation really catches on, this is a show I can't forget. |
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| Instead, enthlasis, either open or closed, may have been the reason for this trepanation. |
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| Trepanation was one of the home remedies used at that time to exorcise the diabolic spirit. |
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