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Trepanning, or trepanation Medieval illustration showing a doctor in a long robe and cap using a hammer and blade to perform skull surgery on a standing patient, from a 14th-century French manuscript.
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Trepanning, or trepanation
A surgeon performs a trepanning procedure on a patient by drilling into his skull....
Wellcome Collection, London (CC BY 4.0)
Trepanning in the Middle Ages
In this illustration from a 14th-century French medical manuscript by Guy of Pavia,...
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