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

jerry warner wrote:
> Matt Giwer wrote:
>> Agamemnon wrote:
>>>       Skull find reveals ancient surgery nearly 1,800 years ago in
Greece
>>>                   Posted : Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:27:03 GMT
>>         To my way of thinking all successful brain surgery over 100
years ago is
>> deserving of equal note and wonder. Noting of course that unsuccessful
brain
>> surgeries are a dime a dozen.

> especially considering the fact that most of these 'ancient
> holes in skulls' are as much ritual as anything and not necessarily
medical at all,
> or of those medical (like bleeding
> for pneumonia ).

	While I have heard of some modern crackpots claiming they were for
ritual, 
religious and spiritual purposes I have not come across any credible
source from 
which that could be concluded. What have you found?

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