Re: Skull find reveals ancient brain surgery nearly 1,800 years ago

Agamemnon wrote:
>       Skull find reveals ancient surgery nearly 1,800 years ago in
Greece
>                   Posted : Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:27:03 GMT
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> Athens - A skull of a young woman found during a dig in northern Greece
has 
> revealed that she had undergone head surgery nearly 1,800 years ago,
re****ts 
> said Thursday. Archaeologists who discovered the skeleton at an ancient 
> cemetery in the town of Veria said the skull bore perforations that
indicate 
> emergency surgery had been performed, according to a re****t published in
the 
> Greek daily Kathimerini newspaper.
> 
> Evidence shows that the skull had belonged to a woman who had suffered a

> severe blow to the head and had died during, or after the operation.
> 
> Ancient writings contain frequent references to such operations but 
> perforated skulls are rarely found in Greece, scientists said.
> 
>
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/192111,skull-find-reveals-ancient-surgery-nearly-1800-years-ago-in.html
> 
>       Skull evidences Greek brain surgery
>       Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:55:02
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>       Greek archaeologists find proof of brain surgery performed on a
young 
> woman living 1800 years ago in the northern part of the country.
> 
>       The woman's skeleton, which was found in the city of Veria, shows
that 
> the patient died during or shortly after the operation, AP re****ted.
> 
>       "We interpret the find as a case of complicated surgery which only
a 
> trained and specialized doctor could have attempted," said the site 
> excavator, Ioannis Graikos.
> 
>       There are numerous references to such operations in ancient
writings, 
> but very few surgically perforated skulls have been discovered in
Greece.
> 
> http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=47178&sectionid=3510212


When I was in high school, 50 years ago, I was fascinated
by an archeology book which showed many skulls which had
had this operation and the patient had lived many years
after the operation, 12,000 years ago.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111742/Trepanning.htm