You need this like a hole in the head!

Alexander

Alexander

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The ancient art of trephining is still being practiced, believe it or not. This is the most ancient known surgical procedure. It is a practice of cutting holes in the skull. There is evidence that this procedure was practiced at least 10,000 years ago. Most of the skulls show signs of healing, so it means that the patients survived the procedure. This was a time before lawyers or HIPAA, so there are no surgical notes delinating how and why the procedures were done. Reimbursement rates from insurance companies in ancient times is not known. It was probably a procedure that the patient paid out of pocket. It is not known if clothes had pockets in those times.

http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/13_3 Trephination An Ancient Surgery.htm

http://www.trepan.com/_index.html

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RE: You need this like a hole in the head!

I have heard of it before. And I have seen a TV show on it back in the day. I can't believe ppl are still doing it.
 
RE: You need this like a hole in the head!

Thanks Alexander. :) I particularly enjoyed this part. (NOT)


"Sometime in the early '70s (he doesn't remember exactly when), a jeweler from Pennsylvania by the name of Peter Halvorson made a T-shaped incision in his scalp, secured a power drill to his bathroom ceiling and proceeded to perforate his skull. He reported that it took several drill bits. They kept getting clogged with blood and bone. Halvorson stopped when he felt the drill give way and penetrate into the cranial cavity."

http://members.tccoa.com/lastmrk/Images/lastmrk3.jpg
 
RE: You need this like a hole in the head!

Gives new meaning to "numbskull". :+
 
RE: You need this like a hole in the head!

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Oh man...there I was, about to write something EXACTLY along those lines, Leo...pertaining to the magic bowlingball found in one's backyard.

Good one Leo...my thoughts exactly.


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